Classic Chicken Chaap (Kolkata Style)
Classic Chicken Chaap (Kolkata Style)

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Classic Chicken Chaap (Kolkata Style) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Classic Chicken Chaap (Kolkata Style) is something that I have loved my entire life.

Chicken Chaap is a Classic Delight for Indian food lovers. This is a unique combination of juicy and moist chicken pieces and rich and thick gravy. Any Indian festival will go dull if it doesn't include Biryani and Chaap in its menu. Though I haven't tried and tested this delicious chicken preparation in many places I have become a fan of it.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook classic chicken chaap (kolkata style) using 32 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Chicken Chaap (Kolkata Style):
  1. Get Marination:
  2. Prepare 500 gm chicken (2 leg pieces)
  3. Make ready 4 Tablespoons Caramelized Onion Paste
  4. Prepare 3 Tablespoons Garlic Paste
  5. Take 2 Tablespoon Green Chilli Paste
  6. Get 1 Tablespoon Dried Melon Seed Paste (Char Magaz)
  7. Prepare 1 Tablespoon Garam Masala Powder
  8. Take 1 Tablespoons Green Papaya Paste
  9. Take 1 Teaspoon Nutmeg & Mess Powder (Javtri and Jaifal)
  10. Make ready 2 Tablespoons Yogurt
  11. Get 1 Tablespoon Ginger Paste
  12. Make ready 1 1/2 Tablespoon Gram Flour
  13. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
  14. Get Salt as per Taste
  15. Take 1/4 Cup Ghee
  16. Get 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  17. Take Tempering:
  18. Make ready 1 " stick of Cinnamon
  19. Get 1 Black Cardamom
  20. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  21. Make ready 3 Green Cardamom
  22. Prepare 4 cloves
  23. Make ready Gravy:
  24. Make ready 1/2 Cup Saffron Soaked Milk
  25. Take 3 Tablespoon Cashew Paste
  26. Take 4 Tablespoon Poppy seed Paste
  27. Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  28. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
  29. Take 1/4 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
  30. Get 1 Teaspoon Kewra Water
  31. Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon Rose Water
  32. Prepare 2-3 Drops Mitha Attar

Mughlai style chicken chaap recipe is a long hour marinated chicken (with masalas and other ingredients) fried in ghee and oil for making a thick gravy. This delicious chicken chaap is actually an authentic and traditional mughlai dish and Kolkata is best at making this recipe in all over India. Kolkata Chicken Chaap Recipe - Slow Cooked Chicken Legs Kolkata Chicken Chaap Recipe is essentially slow cooked chicken tangadi that is marinated overnight, for the chicken to take in all the flavours. It is then cooked in a rich & luscious onion, ginger-garlic, cashews and poppy seeds gravy.

Instructions to make Classic Chicken Chaap (Kolkata Style):
  1. At first, clean the Chicken and then make some Slits (a long narrow cut) on it.
  2. In a big bowl take the ingredients under the marination list, and whisk it together with 2 tbsp of Ghee. Now add in the chicken and leave it to marinate for at least 3-4 hours in refrigerator.
  3. Heat a wok on medium flame and put Ghee and Vegetable Oil. Remove chicken pieces from the marinade and add it to the wok, frying them one by one on medium-low heat, till they get a nice colour and is 70 per cent cooked. Making sure it cooks on both sides. Keep the chicken on a plate.
  4. Add the ingredients in the tempering list to the wok and cook till fragrant.
  5. Now add the leftover marinade into the pan add in cashew paste, poppy seed paste, turmeric and red chilli powder and cook for 15 mins. Add 1/2 cup of water if it gets too dry.
  6. Reduce the flame to medium-low and add in the chicken pieces, slow-cook for another 30 minutes. Stir occasionally so that the bottom part doesn't get burned, and flipping the chicken after 15 mins so that it cooks from both the sides.
  7. Once the chicken is cooked, add Garam Masala powder, Nutmeg & Mess powder, Kewra Water, Rose Water, Saffron infused milk and at last 2-3 drops of Mitha Attar, stir to combine.
  8. Serve it with Naan, Paratha or you can also serve it with plain white rice.
  9. Note: - Soak the cashew and poppy seeds in warm water for 20 minutes before making a paste. - The entire cooking process can and should be done with Ghee if calories are not what you are considering. - Do adjust the salt and chilli according to your taste
  10. Please don't forget to tag @appetizing.adventure on Instagram if you try this recipe!

Kolkata Chicken Chaap Recipe - Slow Cooked Chicken Legs Kolkata Chicken Chaap Recipe is essentially slow cooked chicken tangadi that is marinated overnight, for the chicken to take in all the flavours. It is then cooked in a rich & luscious onion, ginger-garlic, cashews and poppy seeds gravy. It's easy to cook, blended with readily available spices, a must try for any Mughlai food lover. If the meat has high amount of fat, then you'd need to use less oil/ ghee. Kolkata Restaurant Style Chicken Chaap Recipe in Bengali with English subtitles. ** Chicken Biryani Kolka.

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