Easy Chicken Recipe - Chicken Stew

INGREDIENTS:-
½ kg chicken cut into small pieces
1 large onion (chopped)
2 large tomatoes (cut into 4 pieces)
1 potato (cut into 4 pieces)
1 carrot (diced)
8 whole black peppercorns
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 cup yogurt (beaten)
1 cup milk
1 ½ tbsp butter
1 tsp black pepper powder
2-3 bay leaves
Salt to taste

Method:-
• Melt butter in a large pan over medium heat.
• Add bay leaves. Saute for few seconds.
• Add garlic,onion and carrot. Fry for 1-2 min.
• Pour a glass of water. Bring to boil.
• Add chicken pieces,potato,whole black peppercorns,tomatoes and salt.
• Reduce heat and cover with a lid. Cook untill the chicken is tender.
• Remove the lid. Add the yogurt. Stir for about a min.
• In a small cereal bowl mix the flour with milk.
• Pour this mixture to the chicken. Cook for another 1-2 min.
• Remove bay leaves n Sprinkle black pepper powder before serving.

Easy Chicken Recipe - Chicken Afghani

INGREDIENTS:-
1 kg chicken cut into small pieces
2 tbsp onion paste
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
4-5 tsp of cashew nuts+raisins paste
2 tsp green chilli paste
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp milk
½ tsp saffron
2 cinnamon sticks
2 cardamom
2 cloves
50 gm yogurt
50 gm fresh cream
4 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt to taste


Method:-
• Immerse the saffron in 1 tbsp warm milk. Keep aside.
• Stroke over the chicken pieces with a knife so that the spices can get inside.
• Mix ginger-garlic paste,green chilli paste,lemon juice,yogurt and turmeric powder in a bowl.
• Pour the mixture in chicken pieces and mix well to coat all the pieces.
• Keep the chicken in regrigerator for about 3-4 hrs.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves,cinnamon and cardamoms. Stir-fry for few seconds.
• Add the chicken pieces. Cook in medium heat for about 10 min.
• Pour 1 ½ cup of hot water to the chicken. Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat. Cook the chicken covering with a lid until it is done. Stir occassionally.
• When you find the chicken is done,add cashew+raisins paste and the cream. Mix well.
• Cook the chicken for another 5 min in a low flame.
• Remove the pan from the gas.
• Add the saffron (immersed in milk) to the chicken. Cover with a lid.