Chicken Karahi Pakistan ki sab se mashhoor dish hai — dhaba style karahi ka asal raaz is ki tez aanch par bhunai aur taaze tamatar hain. Ye recipe 4-5 logon ke liye hai, aur is mein wo tamam chhoti baatein shamil hain jin se karahi ghar par bhi dhabe jaisi banti hai.
Ajza (Ingredients)
- Chicken — 1 kilo (8-10 bare tukray, haddi wala)
- Tamatar — 5 darmiyani (taaze, bareek kate hue)
- Adrak lehsun paste — 1.5 khanay ke chamach
- Oil ya ghee — aadha cup
- Namak — 1 chaye ka chamach (hasb-e-zaiqa)
- Laal mirch powder — 1 chaye ka chamach
- Haldi — aadha chaye ka chamach
- Dhania powder — 1 chaye ka chamach
- Garam masala powder — aadha chaye ka chamach
- Kasuri methi — 1 chaye ka chamach (hath se masal kar)
- Hari mirch — 4 se 5 (lambai mein kaati hui)
- Adrak — 1 inch ka tukra (bareek julienne kaat lein)
- Hara dhania — aadhi gaddi (bareek kata hua)
- Lemon — 1 (ikhtiyari, aakhir mein nichorne ke liye)
Tareeqa (Method)
Step 1 — Chicken bhoonna: Karahi mein oil ya ghee garam karein, adrak lehsun paste daal kar 1 minute bhoonain. Chicken daal kar tez aanch par 7-8 minute bhoonain jab tak is ka rang safed se halka sunehra ho jaye aur pani khushk ho jaye.
Step 2 — Tamatar aur masale: Bareek kate tamatar, namak, laal mirch, haldi aur dhania powder daal kar achhi tarah mila dein. Dhakkan laga kar darmiyani aanch par 10-12 minute pakayein jab tak tamatar naram ho kar masale mein ghul jayein.
Step 3 — Bhunai: Dhakkan hata kar tez aanch par 8-10 minute bhoonain — chamach musalsal chalayein jab tak oil kinaron se alag nazar aane lage. Ye bhunai hi karahi ki jaan hai; is mein jaldi bilkul na karein.
Step 4 — Dum aur garnish: Kasuri methi, garam masala, hari mirch aur aadha adrak (julienne) mila dein. Dhakkan laga kar bilkul halki aanch par 5 minute dum dein. Aakhir mein bacha hua adrak, hara dhania aur chahen to lemon nichor kar upar se daalein.
Karahi Kharab Hone ki 3 Bari Wajahen
- Karahi mein dahi daal dena — dahi karahi ka zaiqa badal deta hai, is mein sirf tamatar hota hai
- Halki aanch par pakana — karahi tez aanch par bhoon kar banti hai, halki aanch par ye salan ban jata hai
- Bhunai aadhi chhor dena — oil alag na ho to karahi mein tamatar ka kachapan reh jata hai
Pesh Karna
Karahi ko usi karahi mein ya garam dish mein nikal kar naan ya tandoori roti ke sath garam garam pesh karein. Saath mein pyaaz, hari mirch aur lemon rakh dein. Apni karahi ka tajurba comment mein zaroor share karein — aur agli recipe kis dish ki ho, wo bhi batayein.
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