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Chicken Afghani Gravy is a very popular and famous Afghani Cuisine prepared by cooking fried marinated chicken in a creamy sauce. Creamy Sauce is made from Fresh Cream, Curd and Coriander Mint paste along with few spices. Preparing this recipe at home takes lot of time but it’s worth making it. Chicken Afghani can be served with Naan, Roti or Rice.

Chicken Afghani Gravy is so delicious and mouthwatering that chicken lovers will never refuse to have it if they have tasted it before. For people who have never tasted it, would feel little uncomfortable by the look of Chicken Afghani. But I would suggest them to give it a try once. Believe me you will love the taste and will never regret trying it. Also you would love going for it again and again, as it’s not only tasty but also creamy.

You all might have noticed that I keep posting vegetarian recipe items regularly in my website. Few of my readers have been complaining about this. They ask me that why I don’t post non vegetarian cuisine. I have been neglecting this for a long time since I am not so fond of making non veg cuisine. Inspite that I am a non-vegetarian, I never tried preparing non veg items at my home. Whenever I felt of having non veg, I visited nearby restaurant or order it online. It was after my marriage that I started preparing it. And the credit for this goes to my wife. She pushed me to prepare non veg items as she is very fond of non-veg.

Chicken Afghani is one of my favourite chicken recipes. After marriage when my wife knew that I love Chicken Afghani and it is one of my favorite chicken items, she made dinner plan one evening to nearby restaurant. We together went to that restaurant and ordered Chicken Afghani along with other items. The waiter said that it will take about half an hour to prepare it. We gave it a go. We were very excited about it. Personally I was very excited about it. And why not, it was the first time that we together went out for dining.

Finally after about half an hour, Chicken Afghani was served to us. While having it I felt that something was missing in it since the taste was not as I was expecting. The same thing was felt by my wife. However we did not complain about it and we quietly had it.  After coming out of the restaurant my wife said that why not we prepare it at home. It was at this time that we thought to prepare it at home.

We looked into many you tube videos for the ingredients and the process of preparing Chicken Afghani. We together gave it a try for the first time and you will not believe how well it came out. It was very tangy, tempting and mouthwatering. Also along with Chicken Afghani we prepared Butter Naan. Please visit Butter Naan to prepare it at home.

To prepare Chicken Afghani Gravy, use the legs and thighs pieces of chicken. They are more suitable for this cuisine. Also before marinating, slit the chicken pieces vertically so that it is easy for the creamy sauce and spices to penetrate into the chicken. Chicken Afghani is creamy, delicious and less spicy compared to other Chicken Recipes. This recipe mainly requires Yoghurt and Fresh Cream which makes it creamy and mild spicy.

One of the most important part of this recipe is the marination.  Marination helps in stimulating the flavor of the creamy sauce and spices. Here we will be marinating the chicken twice. First we will marinate it in Ginger Garlic paste and leave it for around half an hour. You can place it in refrigerator for marinating. This is done so that the smell of the chicken vanishes and the flavor of ginger, garlic and lemon penetrates into the chicken. For second stage of marination, we will prepare paste using Curd, Fresh Cream, Cashews, Coriander Leaves, Mint Leaves and Spices. Then we will mix the chicken with the paste and marinate it again.

Another important part of this recipe is the grilling of marinated chicken. First we will grill the chicken pieces in fry pan. After grilling all the chicken pieces properly in fry pan, we will next grill it over fire by placing them in grill net. This gives smoky flavour to the chicken. Another way to give smoky flavour is by using wooden coal. Simply burn the wooden coal and place it in a small bowl. Then place the small bowl in the bowl containing the grilled chicken. Cover it and leave for few minutes for smoky flavour. You can choose any one of the two. Giving smoky flavour enhances the taste of Chicken Afghani Gravy.

To prepare Chicken Afghani Gravy, take the chicken pieces and wash it properly. After washing, slit the chicken pieces vertically at some places. Then transfer it to a large bowl and add Ginger Garlic Paste, Lemon Juice and Salt. Mix all the ingredients properly. Cover the bowl and allow it to marinate for 15-20 minutes.

Till the time the chicken is marinating, we will prepare the curd paste which we will use for marinating the chicken once again. Take Coriander Leaves, Mint Leaves, Chopped Onion, Green Chillies, Cashews and Salt in a mixer grinder jar. Add small amount of water and grind it to make smooth Green Chutney paste. After preparing the paste, transfer it to a large bowl. To it add Curd, Fresh Cream and spices such as Black Pepper Powder, Chat Masala, Garam Masala and Kasuri Methi. Mix all the ingredients uniformly to prepare the curd paste.

Now take the marinated chicken and transfer it into the curd paste. Coat the chicken pieces with the paste and cover the bowl. Allow it to marinate for another 15-20 minutes. If you do not have time, you can skip this marination and directly jump into the grilling process.

To grill the chicken, heat grill pan or normal fry pan over medium heat. Add butter and allow it to melt. Spread the butter all over the pan. Now place the marinated chicken into the fry pan one by one. Grill the marinated chicken for around 15-20 minutes by continuously flipping at regular intervals. At this time the chicken pieces will change its colour and gets properly cooked. If required you can grill the chicken for more time if it is not cooked properly. Keep the grilled chicken aside.

Now we will prepare the gravy. Heat kadhai over medium flame. Add 1 tablespoon Butter and 2 tablespoon Oil into it. Once the oil heats up, add whole spices such as Cinnamon Stick, Black Pepper, Green Cardamom and Clove. Saute the whole spices for few seconds. Now add the leftover curd mixture and cook under high flame till it comes to boil.

When it comes to boil, add the grilled chicken and cook under low flame for about 10-12 minutes. At this moment the chicken pieces gets cooked properly.  Switch off the flame. Afghani Chicken Gravy is ready. Transfer it to a serving plate and garnish with Chopped Coriander Leaves. Serve Afghani Chicken with Butter Naan, Tandoori Roti or Plain Roti. You can also serve it with Rice or Pulao.

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Chicken Afghani Gravy / Afghani Chicken / Restaurant Style Chicken Afghani Gravy

Afghani Chicken Gravy is a popular Afghani cuisine prepared by cooking fried marinated chicken in a creamy sauce. Creamy Sauce is prepared from Fresh Cream, Curd and Coriander Mint paste along with few spices.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Afghani

Keyword Afghani Chicken, Chicken Afghani

Preparation Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Marination Time 35 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 25 minutes minutes

Servings 4 servings

Calories 384kcal

Author Recipe by Chits

Equipments:

• Mixer Grinder
• Heavy Base Kadhai
• Fry Pan or Grill Pan
• Whisk

Ingredients:

For Marinating Chicken:

• 800 grams Chicken (Legs & Thighs)
• 1 tablespoon Ginger Paste
• 1 tablespoon Garlic Paste
• 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
• 1 teaspoon Salt

To prepare Curd Paste:

• 1 cup Coriander Leaves
• 1/2 cup Mint Leaves
• 3-4 pieces Green Chilli
• 1 medium Onion
• 10-12 pieces Cashews
• 1 cup Fresh Curd
• 1 cup Fresh Cream
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
• 1 teaspoon Chat Masala
• 1 teaspoon Garam Masala
• 1 tablespoon Kasuri Methi
• Salt as required
• Butter or Oil (For Grilling)
• Water as required

For Chicken Afghani Curry:

• 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
• 6-8 pieces Black Pepper
• 2-3 pieces Green Cardamom
• 3-4 pieces Laung (Clove)
• 1 tablespoon Butter
• 2 tablespoon Oil
• Coriander leaves for garnishing

Instructions:

1st stage of Chicken Marination:

• Take the Chicken pieces and wash it properly. For Afghani Chicken prefer to take legs and thigh pieces of chicken.
• After washing, slit the Chicken pieces at some places with the help of knife. The cuts should not be deep.
• Transfer the slit chicken pieces to a large bowl. To it add Ginger Paste, Garlic Paste, Lemon Juice and Salt.
• Mix all the ingredients properly with the chicken pieces. Cover the bowl and allow it to marinate for about 15-20 minutes. If you have time, you can leave it for half an hour also.

Preparation of Curd paste for 2nd stage Marination of Chicken:

• Till the time the Chicken is marinating in Ginger Garlic paste, we will prepare the Curd Paste that we will use to marinate the chicken as well as to prepare the Afghani Chicken curry/slurry. Curd paste will be used in second stage of Marination of chicken.
• Wash Coriander and Mint Leaves properly and transfer it to mixer grinder jar. Also add Onion, Green Chillies, Cashews and Salt.
• Add small amount of Water and grind it to make smooth paste. Keep this Green Chutney aside.
• Now take Curd and Fresh Cream in another bowl. To it add Black Pepper Powder, Chat Masala, Garam Masala and Kasuri Methi. Crush Kasuri Methi finely before adding it.
• Also add the prepared Green Chutney paste to it. Mix all the ingredients uniformly with the help of spoon.
• After preparing the Curd paste, add it to the marinated chicken. Mix it so that the chicken pieces get coated with the paste completely.
• Cover the bowl and allow the chicken to marinate for another 15-20 minutes. If you do not have time to marinate, you can directly start grilling the chicken.

Grilling of Marinated Chicken:

• Heat Grill Pan or normal Fry Pan over medium heat. Add Butter or Oil into it.
• When the Butter or Oil heats up, add the marinated chicken one by one into it. Keep aside the curd paste which we will use later on to prepare the gravy.
• Fry the marinated chicken for about 15-20 minutes by continuously flipping them at regular intervals. If required you can grill the chicken for more time if it is not cooked properly. Grill the chicken in batches if the quantity is more.
• While the chicken is grilling you will see that the colour of the chicken starts changing to slightly brownish in colour. Grill the chicken till they are properly cooked.
• To give smoky flavor grill the chicken directly over the fire by putting it over the grill net. Grilling it over the fire will give it a nice colour. You can skip it if you want.
• Afghani Chicken is now grilled. Keep it aside. At this time, if you want to have Fried Afghani Chicken, you can directly serve it with Green Chutney.

Preparation of Afghani Chicken Gravy / Curry:

• To prepare the gravy heat kadhai or pan over medium flame. Add 1 tablespoon Butter and 2 tablespoon Oil into it.
• Once the butter and oil heats, add the whole spices such as Cinnamon Stick, Black Pepper, Green Cardamom and Clove (Laung). Saute the whole spices for few seconds.
• Now add the leftover gravy (Marination Curd Paste) and cook it under high flame till it comes to boil. When the gravy comes to boil, add the grilled chicken into the gravy. Mix it.
• Cover the kadhai with lid and cook under low flame for 10-12 minutes so that the chicken is properly cooked. If the gravy thickens you can add extra milk or water. After 10-12 minutes switch of the flame. At this moment the chicken gets properly cooked.
• Open the lid and garnish with Chopped Coriander Leaves. Tasty and delicious Afghani Chicken Gravy is ready to serve. Serve it hot with Butter Naan, Butter Tandoori Roti or Plain Roti.
  

Notes:

1. Chicken Pieces should be slit slightly before marinating. This allows the creamy sauce to penetrate into the chicken pieces properly.
2. To prepare Curd Paste we have used Fresh Cream. If you do not get Fresh Cream you can use Malai taken out from milk.
3. Here we have marinated the chicken in curd paste for about 15-20 minutes. If you do not have time you can skip the Marination part and directly grill in fry pan.
4. Giving smoky flavor enhances the taste of the chicken. You can use wooden coal or simply grill over fire using grill net.
5. To prepare the gravy we have used Butter as well as Oil. Butter enhances the taste. If you do not have butter simply use oil.
6. While cooking the chicken, the gravy thickens with time. If you want to increase the quantity of gravy, you can simply add water or milk. I would suggest using milk since it enhances the taste of the gravy.