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  1. Afghani Chicken Recipe (Serves 4-6)
    Ingredients:
    – 1 kg chicken
    – Salt (to taste)
    – 1/2 lemon juice
    – 3 bulbs garlic
    – 1-inch ginger
    – 10-12 green chilies
    – 10-12 cashews
    – 3 onions
    – 1 handful coriander leaves
    – 1 handful pudina leaves
    – 1 tsp garam masala
    – 1/2 tsp chat masala
    – 1/2 tsp red chili powder
    – 200 gm yogurt
    – 200 gm homemade cream
    – Oil (for frying)
    – Butter (2 tbsp)
    – 2 green cardamom
    – 1 black cardamom
    – 2 small cinnamon sticks
    – 4 cloves
    – 1/2 tsp black pepper
    – 1 tsp ghee
    – Burning coal (for smoky flavor)

    Instructions:
    1. Marinate: Mix chicken, salt, lemon juice, and let it sit for 10-15 minutes.
    2. Prepare Paste: Blend garlic, ginger, green chilies, cashews, 3 chopped onion, coriander leaves, pudina leaves, and water into a smooth paste.
    3. Marinate Chicken: Mix paste, garam masala, chat masala, red chili powder, yogurt, and cream with chicken. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
    4. Fry Chicken: Heat oil in a tawa and fry marinated chicken pieces until browned.
    5. Prepare Gravy: Heat butter, oil, green cardamom, black cardamom, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and black pepper in a kadhai. Add remaining marinade gravy and cook until oil separates.
    6. Assemble and Smoke: Add fried chicken to the kadhai, mix well, and cook for 1 minute. Place a small bowl with burning coal and ghee in the kadhai, cover with a lid, and let it smoke for 15 minutes.
    7. Serve: Serve Afghani Chicken with gravy, accompanied by flatbreads or rice.

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