Chicken Kofta

I had a pound of ground chicken that had to be finished.

Whats the best u can do with ground chicken .. Koftass!!

Try this out and u will never regret it ...

Ingredients:

For Koftas:

Ground Chicken - 1/2 lb

Roasted Shredded coconut - 1/4 cup

dalia - 10

chilly pwdr - 1/2 tsp

corriander pwdr - 1/4 tsp

garam masala - a pinch

ajwain (optional) - 1/4 tsp roasted

salt as required.

oil - 1tsp

1) Mix all the ingredients and grind it till coarse.

2) Make balls and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

For gravy:

Bay leaf - 1

Clove , elaichi - 1 each

cinnamon - a small stick

jeera or kala jeera - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 big

Tomato puree - 2 tsp

ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

cashew - 20 halves

corriander powder - 2 1/2 tsp

chilly powder - 1 tsp

garam masala - 1/4 tsp

pomegranate - 1/4

ghee - 1 tsp

sugar - 1 tsp

milk - 1 1/2 cups. You can add evaporated milk if u want a richer gravy

oil , salt as reqd

Pre processing:

1) Soak cashew in warm water for 15 minutes. Grind it to a paste with little water.

2) Chop onions roughly , Cook it in water for 10 minutes. let cool and grind to smooth paste with a tsp of sugar.

3) Grind pomo fruit , filter and take out the juice.Add some sugar.

For gravy:

1) Heat ghee and oil. Put in bayleaf , elaichi , cinnamon , clove , jeera in this order.

2) Add boiled onion paste and saute till it is light brown.

3) Add ginger garlic paste and fry well till there is no raw smell.

4) Stir in the chilly and corriander powder. Fry till there is no raw smell.

5) Stir in tomato , saute for few minutes.Add salt.

6) Pour cashew paste and cook on high for 5 minutes.

7) Add milk and bring to boil.

8) Drop in the koftas. Cook covered for 12 minutes or till cooked.

9) Add garam masala and pomo juice.

10) Simmer for 3 minutes.

11) Garnish with corriander.