Sukha Chicken – Indian Recipe

Submitted by: Swati Nevrekar Kulkarni

Ingredients:
1 kg Chicken
1/2 Kg Onions
5 small tomatoes
2 tbsp Oil
2 tbsp ghee
For garam Masala :
5-6 cloves,
3-4(small) pieces of Cinnamon,
2-3 elaichi,
nutmeg small piece,
1 tsp Coriander seeds,
1tsp Poppy seeds,
7-8 peppercorns,
1/2 spoon Caraway seeds (Shahijeera or Black Cumin),
1/4 spoon Fennel seeds,
3-4 Red chillies

4 Almonds
Khismis (raisins 7-8
2 spoons Chilli powder
1/2 spoon Turmeric powder
Salt to Taste
Ginger garlic paste
1 spoon Garam masala (ready made)

Method :
Heat some oil in a pan add Cloves n Cinnamon , add some chopped onions till brown. To that add gingergarlic paste
n chopped tomatoes, haldi,chilli powder,salt n garam masala( readymade) n cook it.Add very little water to it as it cooks.

In another skillet add some oil n add one onion (cut vertical) n add one by one all the ingredients of garam masala
as mentioned above.In the end add Khismis n almonds . Mix all the above and grind it. Add the ground mixture to the chicken . Heat some ghee in a pan n add marinated chicken. Stir it every 10 minutes till the chicken gets cooked.
Garnish with Cilantro/ Coriander leaves at the time of serving.

ShowMeTheCurry notes: Thanks, Swati for sharing this recipe, sounds great. Will try it soon.

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10 thoughts on “Sukha Chicken – Indian Recipe

  1. HI HETAL & ANUJA, HOW R U BOTH?
    THANK U VERY MUCH FOR ALL UR RECIPE ON UR WEBSITE.I REALLY APPRECIATE UR EFFORTS AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH U…
    AT PRESENT I HAVE SOME PROBLEM IN PREPARING SUKHA CHICKEN AS I AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TEXT RECIPE ON UR WEBSITE.
    SO, WILL U PLZZ UPLOAD VIDEO FOR SUKHA CHICKEN…..
    THANKS FOR UR HELP AND LOOKING AHEAD FOR UR HELP AT THE EARLIEST.
    THANKS ONCE AGAIN
    HAVE A GREAT DAY
    BEST REGARDS,
    MRS. NOOR

    1. Hi Noor,
      This recipe is not ours, it is a viewer submitted recipe. We will try and get to it at some point but unfortunately have a long list going at this point. Thanks for your patience and we will add it to our list 🙂 .

  2. I couldn’t figure out what happened to the 1st set of masala with the chopped onions,tomatoes etc. It wasn’t mentioned with the chicken cooking with the the 2nd set of masalas(garam masala)

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