Sukha Chicken
Succulent, spice-scented chicken coated with a flavourful masala.
Ingredients
- 1 kg skinless chicken, bone-in cut into medium-sized pieces
- 3 tbsp natural yoghurt
- 3 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil
- Salt
For the masala paste
- 1 inch piece of ginger
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 8-10 cloves of garlic
- 2-3 green chillies
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 2-3 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 7-8 black peppercorns
- 1½ piece of cinnamon
- 3-4 cloves
- 1/2 tsp aniseed (saunf)
Instructions
- Using a little water, grind all the masala ingredients to a thick paste.
- Put the chicken in a glass bowl, add the yoghurt, ground masala paste and salt, and mix well to coat all the pieces. Cover and rest for 2 hours or overnight in the fridge.
- Heat the ghee or oil in a wide pan, put in the chicken, cover and cook on a medium flame for 15-20 minutes (stirring once or twice in between) till the chicken is cooked.
- Now take off the lid, raise the flame to high and fry the chicken till you have a thick sauce coating the lightly browned pieces.