Gavran Kharda Chicken – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up oil in a cooker.
• Add onion and fry until it gets nice golden color.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder and mix well.
• Fry everything for just about a minute.
• Wash chicken well and add it.
• Mix well and add water, salt.
• Mix well and close the lid.
• Cook on medium heat until 2-3 whistles.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add garlic cloves, green chilies.
• You can decide the quantity of green chilies depending on your taste.
• Give a little slit to green chilies before adding so that these won’t spill out.
• When it is fried well add dry coconut and fry until coconut gets nice golden color.
• Turn off the gas and let the mixture cool down a little.
• Transfer everything into a blender jar and add coriander leaves, water.
• Blend everything into paste.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
• Add onion and fry until it gets nice golden color.
• Add garam masala and mix well.
• Do not add more masala. It should not change the color of the blended masala.
• Add the blended masala or kharda and fry for just about 2 minutes.
• Add salt keeping in mind the salt added while cooking the chicken and mix well.
• Add cooked chicken pieces.
• We are not using stock. You can have this stock as soup. It is also good for kids.
• If needed, you can add just about 1-2 tsp stock for taste.
• Mix everything well together.
• Cook for just about 4-5 minutes.
• Kharda chicken is all ready.
• It goes well with chapatti, with rice as side dish.