Chicken Bharta with a twist

Chicken Bharta with a twist

Chicken bharta is a very common recipe in any house.Bharta means shredded.It is a very popular dish of Punjab and people all over India love this dish.
Best thing with bharta is that we can use the left over chicken also for this recipe or any kind of tandoori chicken which is left in the fridge.
Today I have used bonelss thigh chicken pieces here.I will also use this Chicken Bharta in Pizza topping or in sandwich filling.My kids love it.
I have mentioned my recipe as a twist to the regular chicken bharta recipe because here instead of cream I have used milk powder with kaju paste.This will give a sweet taste to the recipe as well the texture will be very silky and smooth.so let us check the recipe.

Ingredients

1. Boiled chicken shredded boneless-300gm
2. Chopped onions-3 medium size
3. Tomato chopped-1 and 1medium size
4. Ginger and garlic paste-2 tpsp
5. Whole garam masala-2 bayleaves,2 cinnamon sticks,1big cardamom,green cardamom,few cloves
6. Mustard oil-2 tbsp
7. Butter-1tbsp
8. Turmeric powder-1 tp
9. Coriander powder-1 tp
10. Cumin powder-1/2 tp
11. Garam masala powder-1/4 tp
12. Kashmiri red chilli powder-1 tp
13. Green chilli paste-4 chillies
14. salt to taste
15. Milk powder-1 tp
16. Cashew nuts-10
17. kasuri meethi-1 tp crushed

Method

• 1 Boil the chicken pieces in water for 5 to 7 min in high flame.Cool it and then shred it with your hand.
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• 2 In a pan add 2 tbsp mustard oil and heat the oil nicely.Now add whole garam masala and temper for few seconds.
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• 3 Now add chopped onions and 1 tp salt and fry the onions till light golden brown.
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• 5 After this add chopped onions and continue to fry for another 2 min till the tomatoes turn soft.
• 6 Now add ginger and garlic paste and continue to saute till the raw smell of ginger and garlic are no more.
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• 7 Now add the dry spices.Add turmeric powder,cumin powder,coriander powder,garam masala powder and saute till it leaves oil from the sides.Now add kashmiri red chilli powder and saute.
• 8 Once the spices are sauted well add the boiled shredded chicken and mix it well and continue to saute till it is dry and you can see oil from the sides.
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• 9 Now make a paste with cashewnut,green chillies and milk powder.
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• 10 Now add little water to the paste and pour it in the pan.Let the chicken simmer for atleast 4 min.It will not take much time as the chicken is boiled.When the chicken is dry add kasuri methi,butter and mix and cover and cook for another min .Then switchoff the flame and give it a standing time.
• Garnish this with boiled eggs.

Note Serve this Roti ,naan ,paratha
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Recipe by Chef Dimple