North Indian
Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled)
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Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the cashews in hot water 15 minutes, then blend with the green chilies to a smooth paste.
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Whisk the yogurt and cream together with the cashew-chili paste, ginger garlic paste, crushed peppercorns, garam masala, lemon juice and salt.
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Cut the chicken into large pieces, prick them lightly with a fork, and coat well in the marinade. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, or overnight for the best flavour.
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Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat and lay the chicken in without crowding, letting the excess marinade cling.
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Cook 6 minutes a side, turning once, until the outside is lightly charred in spots and a thermometer reads 165F at the thickest piece.
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Rest 3 minutes, scatter with coriander leaves, and serve with lemon wedges.
Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled) carries tree nuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Dairy | Yes | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 12 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled) takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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