Bharwan Chicken Makhani

The mouth water recipes for the famous Indian dhaba food Bharwan Chicken Makhani or the Stuffed Butter Chicken

Ingredients:

1. 240gm chicken breast
For stuffing:
2. 150gm minced chicken
3. 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
4. 1/2 tsp clove powder
5. 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped
6. 1 tsp black cardamom seeds crushed
7. 1/2 tsp salt  
For marinade:
8. 2tbsp oil
9. 1 tbsp red chilli paste
10. 1 tbsp ginger-garlic pste
11. 4 tbsp lemon juice
12. 1 tsp salt
For accompaniments:
13. 2 carrot
14. 1 1/2 cup beans
15. 1 tbsp carrots and french beans
16. 1/2 tsp butter
17. 1/2 tsp garlic finely chopped
18. 1/2 tsp cumin powder
For rice:
19. 1/2 cup basmati rice
20. 1 tbsp fennel seed
21. 1 1/2 tbsp butter
22. 2 leeks
23. 1/2 tsp salt
24. 4 tbsp pine nuts (optional)
For sauce
25. 250gm tomato puree
26. 1 large sized onion - boiled and pureed
27. 3/4 tbsp butter
28. 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
For garnishing:
29. 1/2 bunch coriander leaves

Preparation:

To prepare chicken:
Carve the breast of chicken in heart shaped and flatten with a steak hammer.

To prepare stuffing:
Mix ingredients 2-7. Place the chicken mince in middle of chicken breast and fold the other half of chicken breast over it. Seal the sides by tapping with the side of knife.

To prepare marinade:
Make a homogeneous mixture of ingredients No 8-12 and rub this mixture over prepared chicken breast and keep aside for 2hours.

To prepare accompaniments:
Boil carrots in salted water and when they are tender , remove
Blanch the french beans in salted water. Toss in butter with garlic and sprinkle with cumin for seasoning

To prepare rice:
Soak rice for 15-20 minutes. Prepare a stock with green part of leeks and fennel strains. Saute the white of chopped leeks in butter and add leek stock, rice and pine nuts. Simmer till almost all moisture evaporates. Put on dum for 10 minutes. Mix well.

To prepare Sauce:
Saute pureed onion in butter and ginger-garlic paste, tomato puree and cook till oil separates out. Correct the consistency.

Char-grill the breast of chicken. Place in the centre of plate. Place the carrots and arrange the sauted beans and pour sauce over the steak and garnish with a bunch of fried coriander leaves

Source:WomensEra