Badshahi Chicken Recipe

Step 1: To begin making Badshahi Chicken Recipe, wash the chicken pieces, and transfer to a bowl marinate with salt for half an hour

Step 2: In a mixer jar, combine the cashew nuts and grind it with some water until smooth

Step 3: To make the fresh masala In a skillet, dry roast the ingredients - green cardamom, black cardamom, mace and nutmeg till fragrant, on a low heat

Step 4: Once the spices are done, allow them to cool down, pulse them in a mixer-grind to a fine powder

Step 5: We will need about 3/4th tablespoon of this masala for this recipe

Step 6: You can store the rest in an airtight container and use it for a later use

Step 7: In a kadai, add oil to deep fry the chicken

Step 8: on medium-high flame

Step 9: Once the oil is hot, add the chicken pieces gradually within the oil and fry them for about 3 minutes on medium flame

Step 10: Take them out with a slotted spoon and drain out excess oil

Step 11: Keep aside

Step 12: (You can also shallow fry them for 10-12 minutes or till done, if you prefer to use less oil

Step 13: This recipe uses a traditional way of making chicken)In a kadai, heat a bit of oil, and add the spices once the oil is hot- cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon stick and saute a bit till fragrant

Step 14: Add sliced onion to it and fry them till it golden brown and caramelized, on a medium high heat

Step 15: Once done, add ginger, garlic,& onion paste one by one sauté them together till the raw aroma disappears

Step 16: Now add turmeric, red chili powder, & cumin powder then sauté

Step 17: Save Kashmiri chilli powder till next step

Step 18: Also, in a small bowl, make a smooth mixture of curd, ground cashew nut paste and Kashmiri chilli powder

Step 19: Add this mixture to the kadai & stir till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan and sort of comes together

Step 20: Now add the fried chicken pieces and mix them nicely

Step 21: Add slit green chillies & the freshly ground masala to it, about 3/4 tablespoon

Step 22: You can adjust this to your liking

Step 23: Keep stirring occasionally

Step 24: Continue cooking for about 5 minutes and then add milk and add salt after checking

Step 25: be careful while adding salt since we had already added salt while frying the chicken

Step 26: Adjust water if needed

Step 27: Cover and cook till the chicken is tender

Step 28: Check the tenderness of chicken, once tender, add ghee and rose water to it, if using, Cover & cook for another 2-5 minutes or till combined well, and switch off

Step 29: Serve this lip-smacking Badshahi Chicken Recipe along with Homemade Butter Naan Recipe, Chilli Coriander Fried Rice Recipe and a Mutton Shami Kebab Recipe for a complete meal on a weekend with family