Afghani chicken is a popular chicken dish made with tender pieces of chicken cooked in a creamy sauce which taste delicious with naan. The chicken has yogurt, cashews, cream to provide the richness and creamy taste to the chicken. Making Afghani chicken at home is relatively easy with my recipe. Learn how to make Afghani chicken with step by step pictures and video.
Take cashews and yogurt in a blender and puree till smooth. Take all ingredients given for the marinade in a bowl and mix well. Pour in the cashew yogurt paste as well. Once it is mixed well, Let it marinade for 2 hours.
Heat ghee in a kadai. Add in onions and green chillies and saute them for 2 minutes. Now use a slotted spoon to remove the remove from the marinade and add it into the onions. Stir fry the chicken for 3 to 5 minutes. Cover and cook the chicken for 5 more minutes.
Now add in remaining marinade into the pan and mix well. Bring it to a full boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning as per your taste. Add a tsp of sugar if needed. Cover and cook on low heat for 2 minutes.
Serve with roti or naan.
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Notes
You can use large pieces of chicken as well. The cooking time will vary, but the recipe stays same.
Instead of cashews, you can use blanched almonds, melon seeds which provides the same thickness and richness.
Using onions is optional, you can skip that if you don’t want too.
You can increase the amount of green chillies if you want the gravy to be spicy.