Chicken ma kaju

(Chicken with cashew nuts- parsi style)

Serve – 10 people

INGREDIENTS :-

Ginger                                  :  10 gms

Garlic                                     :  15 flakes

Chicken pieces                  :  1 & ½ kgs

Whole dry red chillies     :  10 (soaked in ½ cup hot water in 15 minutes)

Cumin seeds                      :  1 tsp

Cashew nuts                      : ½ cup(broken into pieces)

Water                                   :  1 & ½ cup

Vegetable oil                     : ½ cup

Onions(sliced)                   :  2 mediums

Salt                                         :  4 tsp

Tomato ketch up              : 3 tsp

                                                                      METHODS :-                                                                       

(1) Grind together ginger and garlic into a paste and rub on chicken. Allow to marinate for 1 hour.

(2) Grind together chillies and cumin seeds into a paste, adding a little water in which chillies were soaked, from time to time.

(3) Seperately grind cashew nuts into a paste, adding a little water(1/2 cup) from time to time.

(4) Heat oil in cooker for  about 3 minutes. Add onions and fry till golden brown. Add chilli paste. Stir and fry , add chicken . fry for 10 minutes, add salt and remaining water. Mix well.

(5) Close cooker, bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes.

(6) Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally.

(7) Open cooker.

(8)Place cooker with chicken on high heat. Stir in cashew nut paste, tomatoes ketchup. Cook till gravy thicknes, stirring constantly. Serve hot.