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Created September 6, 2012 11:20
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Mom's awesome dahi chicken recipe
  1. Wash chicken with 1 tsp salt & water
  2. Remove water and Put in fridge - 1 hr
  3. If 800gm chicken, put 500gm curd
  4. Marinate 5 minutes (it should not leave out water)
  5. In Kadahi -
    1. 2-3 spoon mustard oil
    2. tsp Methi dana or Panchphoran
    3. 1-2 Tej pattas
    4. 3-4 whole green chillie with cuttings length wise
    5. 5-6 Kalis of Lahsoon (cut into tiny bits)
    6. 1/2 inch Adrak (tiny cuts or paste)
    7. 1 Dalcheeni
    8. 1/2 tsp Kali mirch powder
    9. 1/2 tsp Garam masala
    10. 1 tsp Dhaniya powder (optional)
  6. Mildly cook these till it becomes golden/brown
  7. Put chicken along with its curd
  8. Put 1 tsp Salt along with this
  9. Cover the lid but keep moving things with kalchul time to time till it becomes dry (Bhooning)
  10. If it leaves water, don't curb enthusiasm, keep turning to get it dry
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