Methi Chicken

This weekend when i went for usual grocery shopping i bought methi(fenugreek Leaves) after a long gap & from that day i was thinking of making some gourmet dish...........so i thought why not methi chicken.I have made this dish before but i always try new recipes for the same dish, i like doing experiments & this recipes is inspired by authentic Peshawari or you can say Pakistani cuisine......i just love there style of cooking, so i had to try this one.....though i didn't make it exactly the way it is suppose to be "somehow i cannot bring myself to copy any recipe", in the process i created my own recipe...my family loved it & i hope you will too....... 

Ingredients:-

1/2 kg Chicken

For the marinade:-

1tsp ginger garlic paste

2tsp curd

1tsp of chili powder

1tsp of cumin powder

Salt to taste

For the gravy:-

5 cardamoms

2 cinnamon sticks

5 slit green chillies

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1 onion chopped

1 tomato chopped

2 cups of chopped fenugreek leaves

1/2 cup of Cream

1/4 cup of chopped coriander leaves.

Method:-

•  Mix all the ingredients and marinate the chicken for 30 minutes
  
•  Heat oil in a pan & shallow fry the chicken till it becomes golden brown.
  

• Keep the rest of the marinade.
  
• Transfer the remaining oil from pan to wok.
  
• Add cardamom, cinnamon & cumin seeds let it splutter.
  
• Add the chopped onions & green chillies & fry till it becomes brown.
  
• Add the remaining marinade & chopped fenugreek leaves fry for about 5 min.
  
• Add chopped tomatoes & fry till the fat separates.
  
• Reduce the heat to low add the chicken pieces & cook for about 5 to 7 min.
  
• Add 1/2 cup of cream & simmer for 2 min.
  
• Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
  

Suggestion:-

• If you are not serving the dish immediately, add little milk before serving as the dish tends to become very dry.
  
• You can grill the chicken instead of frying to reduce the oil intake.
  
• You can use Kasuri methi instead of fresh methi leaves, but add half the qty since dried herbs have strong flavor.