Chicken Bharta

Dhaba Style Chicken Bharta

Ingredients :-

• Boneless chicken - 500 gm
• Onion - 2 big sized(thin sliced)
• Ginger and garlic paste - 2 tbsp
• Tomato chopped - 2 nobs
• Green chili (chopped) - 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder Tikhalal - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Cumin Powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Coriander Powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Chicken Masala - 1 tbsp
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Butter 1 tbsp
• Salt as per taste
• Cardamom - 2 nobs
• Cloves - 2 nobs
• Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
• Kasturi Methi - 1/2 tbsp
• Contender leaves  chopped - 1 tbsp for garnishing.

Method :-

• Wash the chicken  pieces properly add 1/2 tbsp of salt and boil it till it tender and well cooked.you can boil it with pressure cooker giving 2 whistle.
• Then remove it from water and keep it aside for cool down,then shredded all the boil chicken into thin and long strip roughly and keep aside.
• Heat oil and butter in a pan/kadai,once oil hot add,clove,cardamom,cinnamon,clove and saute it for a minutes.
• Then add sliced onions and saute it nicely till it became golden brown in color,now add the ginger and garlic paste mix well and cook it for a minutes till the raw smell go out.
• Add,chili powder,turmeric powder,cumin powder,coriander powder and saute for 2 minutes with low flame.
• Now add chopped onion salt as per taste(don't forget we added salt in chicken while boiling ) and cook all the  masala's with medium flame till the tomatoes well cook and became smooth. 
• Then add chopped green chili into to the masala and chicken masala powder,kasturi methi then give it a good mix.
• Now we are going to add water if you need gravy you can add more water but i am going to make dry so I am adding 1 cup of water into the masala,mix it and let it boil.
• Once the gravy is boil then add the shredded chicken mix nicely then cover the lid and let it cook for 5 mints with medium flame.
• Remove the lid add garam masala powder mix with chicken nicely and on top add chopped coriander leaves then switch off the flame.
• Our chicken Bharta is ready eat serve hot with Roti/Nan/Parath garnishing with sliced lemon and Onion.

Mint Chicken/Pudina Chicken

Mint Chicken

Ingredients :-

• Chicken - 500 gm
• Onion - 2 nobs Finely chopped
• Ginger and Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Chili Powder - 2 tbsp
• Cumin Powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Coriander Powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp
• Tomato pure - 1 cup
• Salt as per taste
• Oil 
• Ghee/butter - 1 tbsp
• Curd - 2 tbsp
• Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
• Cardamom - 2 nobs
• For Mint/ Pudina paste :-
• Mint - 1 bunch
• Green chili - 2 nobs
• Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup

Method :-

Chicken Marination:-

• Wash the chicken pieces nicely then add 2 tbsp of curd,1 tbsp of ginger and garlic paste,1/2 tbsp of turmeric powder,salt,1 tbsp of chili powder into the chicken and mix it well then keep it aside for 15 minutes.

Mint Paste :-

• wash the Mint leaves and coriander leaves nicely and chopped it,then add it into the blender with green chili and blend it nicely to make a thick paste and keep it aside.*don't add water into the paste.

Lets start Cooking :-

• Take a pan add 1 tbsp oil and 1/2 tbsp of ghee,once oil is hot add the marinated chicken,saute it nicely, cover the lead and cook it till became tender and dry.
• Once the chicken remove all the water and became dry  then remove it from the pan and keep it aside.
• In the pan add little more oil and little ghee into it once oil is hot add the cinnamon stick and cardamom and saute it for a minutes.
• Now add the chopped onions and saute it nicely it became golden in color,then add the ginger and garlic paste and saute it nicely till raw smell go out with medium flame.
• Then add the chili powder,turmeric powder,cumin powder,coriander powder and mix it nicely and saute it for 2 minutes.
• Now add the tomato puree into it and add the salt mix it nicely and cook it for some time till the masala is ready.
• Once masala start leaving oil into the masala then add the fried chicken into it and mix it nicely and cook for 2 minutes.
• Then add the mint paste into the chicken and mix it well  and cook it nicely for 5-7 minutes cover with lid.
• After 7 minutes add the garam masala powder and squeeze 1/2 lemon into the chicken and mix it well , again cook it for 5 minutes with medium flame.(if you want gravy you can add little water into the chicken )
• After 5 minutes our Mint Chicken is ready to eat,switch off the flame and rest the chicken gravy for 5 minutes.
•  Serve Mint Chicken with plain white rice or Roti /Nan and enjoy.