Chicken malai curry is one of the favourite dish all over India, particularly in Bengal including Bangladesh. Malai is usually the creamy parts of milk obtained from cow’s milk. But in Bengal, malai curry conventionally means coconut oil milk recipe, like prawn malai curry. Milk obtained from coconut gives a special flavours to the dishes and liked by everyone. Here the procedure and steps show in this video, how to cook chicken malai curry with coconut milk.
Ingredients:
Boneless chicken-500 gm
Coconut milk- from 1 coconut (see in a seperate video how to extract)
Onion paste- 2 medium size
Garlic paste- 1 tsf
Ginger paste- 1 tsf
Char magaz (4 sheed)- 1tsf
Cashew paste- 6 pc
Green cardamom- 4
Cinnamon- whole, break in to small size
Bay leaf-2
Red dry chilli-3
Green chilli-4
Soya/ white oil- 3 tbsf
Ghee- 1 tsf
Kashmiri chill powder-1 tsf
Rose water- 1 tsf
Salt- as per taste
Sugar- 1 tsf
How to prepare
Wash chicken- dry
Add: ginger
Add: garlic
Add: onion paste
Add: 4 seed paste
Add: cashew paste
Mix and keep for marinating- 1 hour
After 1 hour
Heat oil and ghee
Add cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf and dry chilli and fry
Then, add marinated chicken
Mix well
Cover it for about 10 min- till water comes out
Then add Kashmiri chilli powder, sugar, salt and fry well till oil start to release.
Then add coconut milk and heat till the gravy become concentrated and greasy.
Add 1 tsf of Rose water for flavour and taste.
Stir and after sometimes your cooking is over.
Enjoy with Roti, Bread, and Rice and as you like.
For Video, Please see