Chicken Dhoka

Ingredients

• Small Boneless chicken cubes : 1 kg
• Egg : 2
• Onion finely chopped : 4
• Ginger paste : 2 tb sp
• Garlic paste : 3 tb sp
• Tomato puree : 1 tb sp
• Black pepper powder : as required
• Garama masala powder : 2 tsp
• Red chili powder : 1 tb sp
• Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
• Corn flour : 2 tb sp
• Gram flour : 2 tb sp
• Green cardamom : 3 pcs
• Cinnamon : 2 pcs
• Roasted Cashew nut : 2 tb sp
• Raisin : 1 tbsp
• Nutmeg-Mace powder : 2 tsp
• Rose water : 1 tsp
• White oil : as required

Method

1. Making of a paste : Take the chicken cubes and mix with salt and black pepper powder. Make a fine paste of it using little  water.

2. Take two eggs in a bowl. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder to it and mix well. Now batter is ready.

3. Take chicken paste in a plate and mix with chopped onion, ginger paste (1 tb sp), garlic paste (2 tb sp), black pepper powder, garam masla powder, cornflour and gramflour.

4. Knead the mix with your fingers until it starts turning into a soft dough. 

5. Once kneading is done, spread it evenly on the plate and cut into square shapes. Dhoka is ready.

6. Take the above made dhoka one by one and dip into the batter so that each dhoka is evenly coated. NOw heat oil in a pan and fry them until golden to brown. Keep them aside.

7. Again heat oil in a kadai. Temper the oil with green cardamom and cinnamon. Then add rest of the chopped onion and fry them until brown.

8. Now add ginger paste, garlic paste, tomato puree, turmeric powder, red chili powder and cook under medium heat until the spice mix separates and the oil leaves the sides of the kadai.

9. Add raisins and 1 tsp sugar.

10. Add some warm water and let it boil.

  

11. NOw add the fried dhoka to it. Check the consistency of the gravy. It should be little thick. Add nutmeg- mace powder, black pepper powder and stir nicely.

12. Then add rose water and cover the lid. Switch off the flame. Let it seat for 30 mins.

13. Chicken dhoka is ready. Serve hot with Pulao /jeera rice.