Chooza Makkhan Malai

Ingredients list for Chooza Makkhan Malai

• 800 grams Whole spring chicken (chooza)
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1/2 cup Cream
• 4 Black cardamoms
• 4-5 Bay leaves
• 4 Green chillies
• 4 Green cardamoms
• 1 inch Ginger , cut into thin strips
• 3-4 Green chillies , finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons Garlic , finely chopped
• to taste Black peppercorns , crushed
• to taste Salt
• 2 tablespoons Chicken masala
• to serve Red cherry tomatoes
• to serve Micro greens
• to serve Small fresh red chilli flowers
• to serve Lemon wedges
• to serve Spring onion bulb flowers
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Garam masala powder

Method

1. Heat butter in a kadai, crush black cardamoms and add to the pan. Add bay leaves. Crush green chillies and green cardamoms and add to the pan. Add chicken, mix, cover and cook on low heat for 2-3 minutes.
2. Turn over the chicken, and baste it with butter from the kadai. Cover and cook for a minute. Again baste the chicken with butter from the kadai, cover and cook for a minute. Follow this procedure till the chicken turns golden brown on all sides. Cover and cook till the chicken is almost cooked on all sides.
3. Add ginger, green chillies, garlic, crushed black peppercorns and salt. Again baste the chicken and cook on low heat. Add chicken masala and again baste with the butter from kadai and cook till the chicken is fully done.
4. Halve red cherry tomatoes and arrange them on the outer edge of a serving plate. Arrange micro greens, small red chilli flowers, lemon wedges, spring onion flowers with bulb on one edge. Place only the chicken in centre.
5. Add cream, garam masala powder to the gravy left in the kadai and mix well. Pour this gravy on the chicken and serve hot.