Make Chicken Gravy

Gravy is made using the juice that drips from cooked meat. Chicken gravy can be made in numerous ways, with a few of those offered in this article.

Ingredients

Spicy chicken gravy:

  • 300g chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tomato
  • 3 cloves, whole
  • 2 sticks of cinnamon
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • Ginger and garlic paste
  • 3 teaspoons garam masala powder
  • 3 teaspoons chicken masala powder
  • 3 green chillies
  • 3 teaspoons coriander (cilantro) powder
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • Coriander (cilantro) leaves, fresh
  • Mint leaves, fresh
  • 8 teaspoons curd
  • 200g oil

Chicken gravy mix:

  • 1/3 cup nonfat dry milk
  • 3/4 cup all purpose/plain flour
  • 3 tablespoons chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1/2 teaspoon sage, ground
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme, ground

Steps

Spicy chicken gravy

  1. Heat 200 grams of oil in a pan. Add the cut onions and the spices, ginger and garlic powder, green chillies.
  2. Add the tomatoes. After the tomatoes are thoroughly fried, add the cut chicken and fry them. Then, add coriander powder and salt.
  3. Let the chicken cook well with the water in the paste and the water from the tomato.
  4. Reduce the flame and let the chicken cook for 40 minutes.
  5. Add the garam masala and chicken masala powder, red chillies.
  6. Add the curd and bring it to a boil and close the stove.
  7. Add the mint leaves and coriander leaves .
  8. Serve hot with rice and some chapati.

Chicken gravy mix

This mix will keep in the pantry for a few months and will make four batches of gravy.

  1. Place all of the ingredients into a bowl. Mix together until all combined.
  2. Transfer to an airtight storage container. Label and date.
  3. Make the gravy.
    • Add 2 tablespoons of butter to a saucepan. Heat to melt.
    • Add 1/2 cup of the gravy mix and 1 cup of either milk or water.
    • Whisk or stir well to remove lumps before they form.
    • Bring to the boil. Then turn the heat down and simmer.
    • Stir now and then. The gravy will thicken; add more liquid for a thinner consistency.
    • Serve.

Tips

  • You can also add some lemon at the end to enhance the taste.
  • Don't add extra water to cook the chicken.

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