Chicken Chaap with Thick and Rich Gravy

"Chicken Chaap" is a mughlai preparation, an unique combination of juicy chicken with thick and rich gravy. I hope the combination of biriyani with Chicken chaap goes well and now it has become a very common and accepted recipe for Indians.  

CHICKEN CHAAP

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Chicken - 700 gms, (Brest 2 pcs, Leg 2 pcs)

Ginger/Garlic juice – 1 small bowl

Cashew/Charmagaz/Poppy seed paste – 1 big bowl….See Tips 1

Yogurt – 150 gms

Sattu (roasted and powdered Bengal gram) – 150 gms

Chili powder – 2 tbsp

Kashmiri Red chili powder – 1 tbsp

Garam Masala (spice mixture) – 4 tbsp

Saffron – 1 tbsp

Rose Water – 1.5 tbsp

Kewra Water - 3 tbsp…. See Tips 2

Meetha Atar -1 small bottle…. See tips 3

Nutmeg dust – 1 pc

Mace – 1 gm

Deshi Ghee (clarified butter) – 750 gms

White Pepper powder – 1 tbsp

Khoya Kheer – 100 gms

Salt – as per taste

Preparation:

Take a medium size Aluminum Pan.

Add Ginger / Garlic juice, cashew / charmagaz / poppy seeds paste, Yogurt, sattu, Chili Powder, Kashmiri Chili Powder, Garam Masala, Salt, Saffron color, Rose Water, Kewra Water, Meetha Attar, nutmeg dust, mace,  Deshi Ghee (250 gms), White pepper powder, Khoya Kheer and mix well with your hand.

Put Chicken pieces on the mixture and marinate for 1 hour.

Take a big flat pan and heat it, put Deshi Ghee (500 gms) and add Chicken Masala mixture, stir continuously. The chicken will release water and it will be cooked by its own juice. If it gets dried up, can add little water. The chicken will get fully cooked by 30 to 40 minutes. Smell whether the raw aroma of poppy seeds goes away, which indicates that your masala or gravy is ready. Switch off the flame. Cover the lid for at least half an hour so that the flavor mingles before serving.

Serve with Biriyani or Naan

Tips 1: Soak 100 gms Cashew nut, 100 gms charmagaz, 50 gms poppy seeds in water for 20 minutes and make the paste. Charmagaz is a combination of 4 types of seeds i.e almonds, pumpkin seeds, cantaloupe seeds and water melon seeds

Tips 2: This is an extract which has been distilled from pandanus flowers, used to flavor meat, drinks and widely used flavoring biriyani

Tips 3:  A perfume or oil obtained from flowers or petals