Navaratna Chicken

Navaratna Chicken

Ingredients:

• 500 gm chicken breast (boneless)
• 1 onion (cut in big pieces)
• 1 big carrot
• 1 small cauliflower
• 1 green capsicum
• 1 red capsicum
• 1 yellow capsicum
• 7-8 baby corns (chopped)
• 1/2 cup of green peas
• 1/2 cup of French beans
• 2-3 tablespoon raisins
• 4 tablespoon cashew nuts
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 1 tablespoon garlic
  paste
• 1 tablespoon cashew nut paste
• 1 tablespoon raisins paste
• 2 tablespoon char-magaz* paste
• 2-3 tablespoon tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 1-2 tablespoon corn-flour powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 5-6 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preparation:

1. Wash and cut all the vegetables (carrot, cauliflower, all capsicums) in medium size cubes and keep aside. 
2. Heat the 2-3 tablespoon of oil in a pan, shallow fry all the vegetables including baby corns,
   French beans & green peas.
3. Add a pinch of salt and 5-6 tablespoon of water and shimmer for 3-4 min and keep aside.
4. Heat the oil in a pan, add onion pieces, half fry it and keep aside.
5. Melt the butter in a pan, sauté ginger-garlic paste and fry it properly.
6. Add chicken and fry it well.
7. Add cashew-raisins paste, tomato puree, char-magaz paste and mix well with chicken.
8. Add pre-cooked vegetables, cashew nuts, raisins, sugar, salt and cook it with cover till chicken is done.
9. Dissolve the corn-flour in water and mix with chicken and cook for few min.
10. When the gravy becomes thick, remove from fire.
11. Sprinkle the garam masala powder and enjoy with Pulao.

Note: *Char-Magaz is a combination of
four seeds, Almonds, Pumpkin seeds, Cantaloupe Seeds and Water melon seeds.