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Chicken Kofta Curry is meatballs made using ground/minced chicken that's simmered in a saucy tomato-yogurt gravy using Indian spices+herbs. This recipe is from Lucknow(India), which is an extremely popular city for Non-Vegetarian recipes or the Mughlai Cuisine. The best way to describe Chicken Kofta Curry is Spiced Meatballs in Spiced (not "spicy") Curry.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken kofta: indian curry with chicken meatballs using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Kofta: Indian Curry with Chicken Meatballs:

1. Get For the chicken meatballs:
2. Prepare 250 grams Ground chicken
3. Make ready 2 clove Garlic
4. Get 1 tbsp Ginger, chopped
5. Prepare 1 tbsp Garam masala
6. Get 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper powder
7. Take 1 tsp Salt
8. Take 1/2 tsp Pepper
9. Get For the curry sauce:
10. Make ready 1 clove Garlic
11. Get 1 tbsp Ginger, chopped
12. Make ready 1 large Onion
13. Prepare 1 tbsp Oil
14. Make ready 400 grams Canned tomatoes
15. Make ready 1 tsp Cumin seeds
16. Prepare 1 tbsp ☆Coriander powder
17. Get 1 tsp ☆Turmeric
18. Prepare 1 tsp ☆Cinnamon
19. Take 1/2 tsp ☆Cayenne pepper (only if you want it hot and spicy)
20. Make ready 1 tsp Salt
21. Prepare 3 tbsp Fresh cream (or yogurt)
22. Take 1 for garnish Fresh cilantro

The meatballs can be prepared one or two days in advance and refrigerated. Kofta is a Middle Eastern, Indian and Balkan meatball or meatloaf. In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced or ground meat—usually beef or lamb—mixed with spices and/or onions. today i will explain you how to make Pakistani chicken Kofta with light curry. The koftas (meatballs) in this curry dish can be made with beef, lamb or chicken.

Instructions to make Chicken Kofta: Indian Curry with Chicken Meatballs:

1. Finely chop the garlic and ginger. Combine all the chicken meatball ingredients and mix very well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. You can refrigerate it overnight too.
2. Make 12 chicken meatballs.
3. Put just about enough water to cover the meatballs in a small pan and bring to a boil. Cook the meatballs in the water in batches.
4. The cooking water will be used as soup in the curry, so don't throw it out.
5. Finely chop the onion, ginger and garlic for the sauce. Open a tomato can.
6. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and stir fry. They'll making a crackling and popping sound.
7. Add garlic and ginger, and stir fry until fragrant.
8. Add onion, and stir fry until translucent or caramelized.
9. Add the ☆ spices and mix to combine. It will look a bit dry, but it's fine.
10. Add canned tomatoes. Keep stir frying until the tomatoes have fallen apart and have become an oily paste. The key to a delicious curry is this step.
11. The tomatoes will disintegrate and become a paste like this. Turn the heat down to low.
12. Add about 100 to 300 ml of the chicken soup from Step 4, and dilute the paste. Add salt to taste.
13. Add fresh cream (or yogurt) and mix. If too much moisture has evaporated, add a bit more chicken soup to adjust.
14. Add the chicken meatballs and mix. If you love fresh coriander leaves, you could add some chopped here.
15. Garnish with fresh cilantro to taste and it's done.
16. If you serve the chicken kofta as the main dish with vegetable sabji on the side, you'll have a nicely balanced meal.

These koftas can be made with minced beef, lamb, or chicken and make a great meal when served with jeera rice and kachumber salad, a simple cucumber, tomato, and onion salad that pairs well with Indian curries. The best way to describe Chicken Kofta Curry is Spiced Meatballs in Spiced (not "spicy") Curry. The ground/minced meat makes the koftas smooth and full of flavor. The curry, or sauce takes that flavor to another level making it delectably different from other meat dishes. Kofta kebabs are grilled meatballs that are popular in the Mediterranean, Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.

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