Chicken bhuna Masala
Chicken bhuna Masala

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken bhuna masala. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Learn how to make Chicken Bhuna Masala at home with Chef Smita on Get Curried. The word 'bhuna' means to fry and, in this recipe, it is key to fry the onions and tomatoes really well until the oil begins to leave the sides of the pan. Chicken Bhuna (or Bhuna Chicken depending on what you call it) is a "dry curry" which means the masala clings onto the chicken (rather than the chicken swimming in sauce). Chicken bhuna masala is a traitional Punjabi recipe.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken bhuna masala using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken bhuna Masala:
  1. Make ready 650 gram Chicken (Murgi) 2 Onions (Pyaz) 4 Tomatoes (Tamatar)
  2. Take 1 inch Ginger (Adrak) 15 cloves Garlic (Lehsan)
  3. Make ready patta)
  4. Make ready 2 Bay leaves (Tez Patta)
  5. Make ready 4 Cloves (Long) 1 medium Cinnamon bark (Dalchini)
  6. Make ready 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera) 1 teaspoon Coriander (whole)
  7. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons Red Chilli powder (Lal Mirch powder) ½ teaspoon
  8. Prepare Turmeric powder (Haldi powder)
  9. Get 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (zeera powder)
  10. Make ready 1 teaspoon Garam Masala powder
  11. Make ready 1/3 cup Curd (Dahi) Water as per requirement (Paani)

Add the chicken and season with salt and pepper. Let the chicken brown before stirring; and brown evenly on each side. Add the curry powder, chili powder, cinnamon, tomatoes, onion, garlic, ginger. Bhuna masala is a basic simple masala made with red chilies, garam masala, and garlic that is used for Kodi koora, Kuzhambu, Muragira mansa torkari.

Steps to make Chicken bhuna Masala:
  1. Place a frying pan & turn on the gas, put 4 green Cardamoms, 1 stick of Cinnamon, 4 Cloves, 4 Dried Red Chilies, 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds, 1 teaspoon Black Peppercorns, 1 teaspoon Coriander (whole) and dry roast over low flame.
  2. Once done, keep the spices aside to cool them down..
  3. Chop 1 inch of Ginger, then put them to a grinder jar, add Garlic cloves and grind down to a paste
  4. Place the Chicken pieces in a bowl, add 1/3 cup Curd, 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder, ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon Cumin powder, 1 tablespoon ginger-Garlic paste, Salt as per taste and then marinate Chicken with all the spices. Set it aside for an hour.
  5. Chop 2 Onions & slit open 2 Green Chilies and keep aside for later
  6. Roughly chop down two Tomatoes and put them in a grinder to make a paste
  7. Finale - - Place a Kadai (wok) and turn on the gas. Add Mustard oil & let it heat up. Once the oil turns hot, add 2 Bay leaves.
  8. Add the chopped Onions and sauté for 8 minutes. Then add the roasted spices & mix well.
  9. Add Ginger garlic paste, mix well till the mixture turns light brown.
  10. Now, add the Tomato paste and some salt and mix together.
  11. Cover the Kadai with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, open the lid and add ½ teaspoon Red Chilli powder and Mix well.
  12. Now add the marinated Chicken and coat the Chicken pieces with all the spices. Cover with a lid again and cook for 10 more minutes.
  13. After 10 minutes, flip the Chicken pieces. Then add water for gravy (we used 1/3 cup) and cover the lid to cook for 10 more minutes.
  14. Then add 1 teaspoon Garam Masala powder & add the slit Green Chilies. Mix well & let it cook for 5 minutes
  15. After 5 minutes add chopped Coriander leaves and mix a little. Chicken Bhuna Masala should now be ready.

Add the curry powder, chili powder, cinnamon, tomatoes, onion, garlic, ginger. Bhuna masala is a basic simple masala made with red chilies, garam masala, and garlic that is used for Kodi koora, Kuzhambu, Muragira mansa torkari. Bhuna Chicken Curry is an easy recipe that even beginners will be able to cook. Turn the heat to high and add the chicken. Ladle the masala over a bed of basmati rice.

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