Peanut Chicken Curry
 
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If you love a different recipe for chicken you have to try this recipe! This Peanut Chicken Curry is brimming with flavor thanks to all the spices, it’s rich and creamy and it’s amazingly hearty when you finish it off with basmati rice or naan.
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • Roasted Peanuts - ¼ cup
  • Fresh coconut - ⅓ cup or ¼ cup dried coconut flakes
  • Red chilies - 7-8
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ inch cinnamon
  • 3 cardamom
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 tsp fennel
  • 6 large clove garlic
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 3 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil
  • 1½ pound Whole bone in chicken, washed and pat dried
  • 2 tsp kashmiri chili powder or cayenne pepper (more for color)
  • Salt
Garnish
  • cilantro
  • toasted peanuts and coconut
Instructions
  1. In a pan, add oil. Toast the peanuts, dried coconut, red chillies, cumin seeds, black pepper, cinammon, cardamom, fennel, cloves. If using fresh coconut add in the end while roasting. Fry them until it is toasted well and turn off the heat. Grind it with ½ cup of water. Set aside.
  2. In a heavy bottomed pan, add ghee or oil. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 30 seconds. Add the chicken and brown the chicken for 5 minutes with salt. Add the paste with kashmiri chili powder and salt. Add one cup of water and cover and cook for 15-20 minutes. Uncover and let the curry dry it up a little bit.
  3. Top it cilantro and peanuts.
  4. Serve with naan.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2019/12/05/peanut-chicken-curry/