Badami Chicken( Creamy almond chicken curry)

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 562.4
  • Total Fat: 46.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 123.8 mg
  • Sodium: 890.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.9 g
  • Protein: 29.1 g

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Introduction

An easy delicious chicken curry best eaten with paratha, roti or rice. An easy delicious chicken curry best eaten with paratha, roti or rice.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    * Chicken Breast, no skin, 500 grams( dice, add salt and keep aside)
    * Almonds, 200 grams ( ground)
    * Yogurt, plain, low fat, 1 cup (8 fl oz)
    * Half and Half Cream, 1 cup
    * Ginger Root, 4 slices (1" dia)
    * *Cumin seed powder, 2 tsp
    * Cardamom whole, 1 tbsp
    * Cinnamon 1 or 2 sticks
    * Pepper, black, whole1 tsp
    * *4 Green Chiles (Whole)( slit)
    * Fresh Cilantro( chopped) 2 tbsp
    * Salt, 2 tsp
    * Butter, unsalted, 200 grams or 3tbsp oil
    * Bay Leaf, 5 grams
    * Cloves whole, 1 grams ( 5/6)

Directions

-Heat oil or butter.
- Add the bay leaf, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamom, cardamom. Saute till they splutter.
-Add the ginger slices. Saute till they change colour.
- Add the chicken pieces. Saute till it changes colour( white)
- Add the almond powder, cumin powder. saute for 2 minutes.Lower heat.
-Add beaten yoghurt, slit green chillies.Mix well.
-Cover and simmer till chicken is cooked( 7/8 minutes)
-Add cream and simmer for another 5 minutes.
-Garnish with cilantro .

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SARITASPICES.

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    47 gms fat puts me off from trying this - 5/20/09