Chana Chicken

A good option if you are bored with the usual chicken curry and want to have a slight change in flavor and taste. Chicken curry is cooked in a usual way and chick peas are boiled separately. And then combined with chicken to give it a creamy texture.




Serves: 4
Preparation time for Chickpea - Overnight soaking and boiling
Cooking Time: 1 hour


Ingredients:

• 800 gms chicken
• 1 cup white chickpeas
• 1 onion 
• 1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 2 green chilies chopped
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp chana masala powder
• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
• 3 tbsp yogurt
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
• 4 tbsp of cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Soak 1 cup chickpeas overnight and boil with salt and set aside. From this we need only 1 cup cooked chickpeas, not more than that. The rest of the boiled chickpeas can be stored in freezer for future use.
• Chop onion, green chili, mint and coriander leaves.
• Clean, cut chicken and keep ready

Method:

1. Heat oil in a sauce pan and fry onion till light golden. Then add 1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste and fry for 1 minute.
2. Add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp chana masala powder and little salt. Fry for 1 minute and then add 3 tbsp of yogurt and chicken pieces. Stir well, cover and cook chicken till it is fully done. Add few drops of water if needed.
3.  Now add 2 tbsp of tomato puree and 1 cup of boiled chickpeas along with 1 cup of water in which the chickpeas were cooked.
4. Add 1/4 tsp garam masala powder, green chilies, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Cover and cook on slow flame for 5 minutes.
5. Serve hot with roti or naan.