Kaju chicken curry

The easiest chicken curry you can make! The only chopping required is for the onions. Other than that all the ingredients are blended or ground. Now you can imagine how easy it is going to be. Cashew paste makes the Curry even more rich and tastier. It is up to you to totally omit the cashew paste, you still have a thick and yummy chicken curry.

This curry is the perfect recipe for newbies to the kitchen, momma's with small babies, working moms, in fact anyone who has no time to spent in the kitchen all day and when hotel food is BOO. Also who doesn't like cheat days in kitchen, teehee. Well, this effortless curry is going to bring all smiles on your family's faces, this curry recipe is surely a keeper The recipe is so simple and effortless with minimal ingredients. I guarantee you this curry won't take you more than 30 minutes from start to end.

I was planning to make some naadan type chicken curry to go with my Ney pathil for breakfast. While I was in the mood for experimenting (yet I was starting to have strong symptoms of bad cold), so you know how badly I wanted to run from the kitchen. To top it my hubby was in a hurry and I had to make a curry super quick.

I had no time to think much so I did what I felt like and voila! It turned out so good Alhamdulilah!

This curry is made in a pressure cooker, yes! Thank god for pressure cookers. Always comes to the rescue when you are short on time. (I prefer to do it in a pot itself tough if I had the time), here I am using the cooker so that my onions are pressure cooked well in the masala and mashed well.

Rich and delicious cashew chicken curry can be accompanied with Ney pathil (oil fried rice pancakes), Ari dosa (rice crepe), ghee rice, appam, noolputtu/iddipyappam, chappathi, etc.

Guys! Please do give the recipe a try and let me know how you liked it! I am sure your family will love the curry😋👌

Ingredients:

• 700 gms - Fresh Chicken (both with bone and boneless)
• 2-3 tbsp any vegetable oil
• 1 and 1/2 medium-sized Onions sliced
• 2 medium Tomatoes (roughly chopped if required)
• 3 large green Chillis
• 6 Cloves of garlic
• 1-inch piece of ginger
• 2 sprigs of curry leaves
• 10 Cashews
• 1/2 cup Hot water
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 1/2 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder
• 5 tsp Coriander powder, leveled
• 3/4 tsp Garam Masala powder
• 1/2 cup water
• Salt, as required

Instructions :

1. In a heatproof bowl, place the cashews and pour hot water. Keep aside.
2. Grab a pressure cooker, pour in the oil.
3. Add the sliced onions, while sautéing grind tomatoes, ginger and garlic in a blender/grinder.
4. Add in the Curry leaves and slit green chillies.
5. Now pour in the prepared tomato mixture and add in the spice powders and the chicken along with 1/2 cup water.
6. Finally add salt and close lid. And cook for 2 whistles and off the flame.
7. While the pressure goes prepare the cashew paste by grinding cashew and milk, adding milk little at a time.
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9. Once the pressure is gone, add the prepared cashew paste and stir well and add water as required and bring it to a boil. Garnish with chopped Coriander leaves and you are done! Enjoy❤️

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