Bhuna Murgh is a dry chicken curry smeared in tomato base with fresh fragrance of ginger, garlic and bhuna masala and the Indian spices and is a popular takeaway favorites. Serve Bhuna Murgh along with Garlic Naan for a weekend night dinner.
If you are planning a weekend dinner for your family and friends and want to add some mouth watering side dish to your awesome non vegetarian spread, then this Bhuna Murgh is an ideal option that will definitely leave your guests amazed with your cooking skills. Scrumptious, juicy and tender Bhuna Murgh is certainly a big hit in my family and even among kids who love eating chicken in fry form. Serve it along with Indian breads and peas pulao, mint raita and salad to complete.
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 25 minutes |
Servings |
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- 750 gms chicken
- 2 onion finely chopped
- 3 Ripe Tomatoes pureed
- 1 tbsp cashew nut paste
- 8 cloves garlic roughly pounded
- 2 inch ginger minced
- 4 Green Chilies slit
- 1.5 tsp Red chilli powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice adjustable
- 1 Bay leaf / Tej patta
- 1 tsp Caraway seeds/ Shahi jeera
- 2 Green Cardamom
- 1 Star Anise
- 4 Cloves
- 4 Black Pepper Corns
- 2 Black Cardamom
- 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1 tbsp Kasoori Methi Dried & Crushed Fenugreek Leaves)
- 2-3 tbsp Ghee or Oil
- salt to taste
Ingredients
For Seasoning :
Whole Spices :
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- To begin making the Bhuna Murgh recipe, wash and clean the chicken pieces in water and apply salt and lemon juice all over on chicken pieces as a marinade.
- Cover the bowl of marinated chicken with a cling wrap and set in refrigerator.
- Heat ghee or oil in a non-stick pan and add bay leaf, clove, cumin seeds, green and black cardamoms, cinnamon, pepper corns and aniseed and wait till they crackle.
- Add finely chopped onion and keep stirring.
- Add green chilies, minced ginger and pounded garlic and saute till oil begins to separate.
- Now add fine chopped tomatoes or pureed tomatoes and season them with turmeric, coriander powder, red chili powder and garam masala powder.
- Simmer the flame and cover the pan for 3-4 minutes.
- Take off the lid and keep stirring until the onion-tomato mixture softened and seems like a bhuna paste.
- Now add chicken pieces and saute well with bhuna mixture.
- Add 2 cups of water, cover the pan, simmer the flame and leave to cook until chicken is well done.
- Once the chicken is nicely cooked and tender and the bhuna masala has started to thicken, add crushed kasuri methi and cashew paste (optional).
- Mix well, and cover the lid to cook for another 5-6 minutes. Garnish the dish with fine chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve Bhuna Murgh along with Garlic Naan, Peas Pulao, Mint Raita and Salad for a weekend night dinner.
If you like this weekend dinner recipe then try making at home and enjoy with your family and friends. Also share your feedback on this with me in comments below.
Love : Shaheen