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I make different types of salna to go with different dishes. This is one recipe which goes well with pretty much anything, specially biryani..It taste simply superb..Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
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Chicken Salna Recipe / Chicken Salna for Biryani
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Author: Aarthi
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
- Oil - 3 tblspn
- Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
- Green Chilli - 3
- Tomato - 2 large chopped
- Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
- Coriander Powder - 1.5 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder /Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- Chicken - 500 grams
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Coriander Leaves a handful finely chopped
For Roasting & Grinding:
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 cm piece
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn
- Cardamom /Yelakai - 5
- Cloves / Krambu - 5
- Coconut - 1 cup grated
- Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 3 tblspn
Instructions
- Heat 1 tsp of oil in a kadai. Add in all roasting ingredients and roast till light golden. Remove it to a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside.Heat some more oil in a pressure cooker. Add in onions, chillies and saute till golden.Add in ginger garlic paste and cook for a min.
- Add in tomatoes and salt. Cook till it gets mushy.
- Add in spice powders and mix well.
- Add in chicken and toss well. Add in water.
- Cover and pressure cook for 2 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
- Open the cooker, add in coconut masala and mix well.
- Simmer for 10 to 15 mins.
- Add in coriander leaves.
- Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Heat little oil in a pan, add in your whole spices |
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| saute them for a min |
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| add in coconut |
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| and some poppyseeds |
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| saute them well |
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| roast till they turn golden |
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| Now it has turned little darker |
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| take them in a blender jar |
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| make it into a smooth puree..set aside |
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| Now heat some oil in a pressure cooker |
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| add in onions and green chillies |
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| saute till golden |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| add in tomatoes |
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| cook till mushy |
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| season with some salt |
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| add in chilli powder, coriander powder |
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| some cumin powder and turmeric powder |
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| mix well, cook till oil separates |
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| add in chicken |
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| toss well |
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| stir for few more mins |
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| pour in water |
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| and pressure cook till done |
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| now add in the coconut masala in |
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| mix well |
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| simmer this till oil floats on top |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| Serve |
Spread the Joy!
Salna is looking yummy. I want to try. Some people adding peanut with that.
yummy,..mouth watering..
Wow….. I tried this chalna today for the barotta combination.. It turned out soo good.. thanks aarti for posting this recipe
Wow…. Aarthi I am a big fan of u…. Almost I learned more than 50 dishes from this site….. Why don't u create a app for ur site,
This dish is absolutely my favourite one…. Thanks for sharing the dish… Along with grinding I added little cashews to make a thick paste, it even came out well….. Thanks again for sharing ur recipe
I gave it a try today and this came out really well 😀 Thank you so much ❤
I have made this recipe twice… It’s a favourite recipe in our home… Thank you for this lovely recipe….
Any replacement for khus khus ?
skip that. add little cashews
Any substitute for khus Khus?