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Chicken pasanda has got this particular name because once you taste it, it indeed becomes your pasandida (favourite) recipe. Chicken pasanda can be cooked exactly like mutton pasanda. So if you prefer mutton, try the same recipe for mutton pasanda.

Chicken pasanda gets its unique flavour quotients from the nutty paste and the blend of ground spices, which lend this dish a stunning flavour platter and makes it stand far apart from the regular chicken recipes that we usually cook. For any festival or an exciting family dinner, this creamy and delicious chicken recipe is a must!

Though chicken pasanda or chicken pasande requires a number of ingredients and a few crucial steps, making this dish is not a fussy task. The most important step of this recipe is marinating the chicken for 8-9 hours. By marinating it in curd and ginger garlic paste, we allow the chicken pieces to be extremely tender and soak the goodness of curd. Another vital step for this recipe is to carefully roast the dry spices and almonds. Grinding all the important spices will give it the essential flavours of chicken pasanda and make it mouth-wateringly tasty!

Before we jump into the details of this mouth-salivating chicken recipe, let's learn a few quick facts about this recipe. Chicken pasanda originally roots from the authentic recipe journals of the Mughals. It is said that this particular recipe was one of the favourites for Mughal emperors, hence it acquired the name pasanda or pasande, which means favourite.

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CHICKEN PASANDA RECIPE | CHICKEN PASANDE RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN PASANDA| CHICKEN PASANADA STEP BY STEP| CHICKEN PASANDA VIDEO

Chicken Pasanda Recipe | Chicken Pasande Recipe | How To Make Chicken Pasanda| Chicken Pasanada Step By Step| Chicken Pasanda Video

Prep Time

10 Hours0 Mins

Cook Time

35M

Total Time

10 Hours35 Mins

Recipe By: Boldsky

Recipe Type: Main course

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

• 1. Chicken (boneless) - 1 kg

  2. Curd (whisked) - 325 g

  3. Ginger-garlic paste - 3 tbsp

  4. Salt - as required

  5. Onion - 5-6

  6. Bay leaf - 1

  7. Cinnamon - 2

  8. Cardamom - 2

  9. Black pepper - 9-10

  10. Cloves - 2

  11. Star anise - 1

  12. Javitri (mace) - a few

  13. Oil - ½ cup

  14. Kasuri methi - 2 tbsp

  15. Almonds - 6-7

  16. Poppy seeds - 1+1/2 tbsp

  17. Roasted chickpeas - 2 tbsp

How to Prepare

• 1. Marinate the chicken for 8 hours.

  2. Take a pan and add garam masala, onions and saute it till the onions turn red.

  3. Add marinated chicken pieces when the onions turn red and mix everything properly.

  4. Cook the chicken in medium to low flame and keep stirring.

  5. When the chicken is cooked, taste the salt amount.

  6. Roast the kasuri methi, almonds, poppy seeds and grind them all together with roasted chickpeas.

  7. Once the chicken is cooked properly, switch off the oven, add the ground spices and keep the lid closed.

  8. Serve after 20 minutes.

Instructions

• 1. We will not add any water to make this recipe. It will be ideally cooked in the curd and the water that chicken will release while cooking.
• 2. After adding the whole ground spices, switch off the oven and keep the lid closed for at least 20 minutes. It will allow the chicken pieces to get imbued in the flavours of all the spices.
• 3. Marinating it for 8-9 hours is a must. It will make sure that the chicken pieces are tender enough to be cooked.

Nutritional Information

• Serving size - 1 bowl
• Calories - 668 cal
• Fat - 47 g
• Protein - 13 g
• Carbs - 48 g
• Fiber - 48 g

STEP BY STEP : HOW TO PREPARE CHICKEN PASANDA

1. Marinate the chicken for 8 hours.

2. Take a pan and add garam masala, onions and saute it till the onions turn red.

3. Add marinated chicken pieces when the onions turn red and mix everything properly.

4. Cook the chicken in medium to low flame and keep stirring.

5. When the chicken is cooked, taste the salt amount.

6. Roast the kasuri methi, almonds, poppy seeds and grind them all together with roasted chickpeas.

7. Once the chicken is cooked properly, switch off the oven, add the ground spices and keep the lid closed.

8. Serve after 20 minutes.