Chicken And Raisin Balti

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup butter (clarified or ghee)
• 2 onions, grated
• 3 tablespoons gingerroot, peeled and grated (about 1 1/2 inches long)
• 8 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 2 serrano peppers or 2 jalapeno chiles, chopped
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 3 1/2 lbs chicken meat, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup raisins (california of course)
• 6 tablespoons ground almonds
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• sliced almonds, toasted, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat butter in a deep frypan over medium heat and fry onions until lightly browned.
• 2 add gingerroot, garlic, cardamom, turmeric, chiles and cinnamon sticks. stir-fry until onions are a deep golden brown.
• 3 add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes.
• 4 in a small bowl, mix cream, sugar, raisins, ground almonds and salt together.
• 5 reduce heat to lowest setting and add cream mixture to pan; temper and add egg.
• 6 heat gently for 5 to 7 minutes being careful not to let mixture boil.
• 7 ladle into warmed serving bowl and serve with naan bread.