Chicken Lababdar Recipe

Chicken Lababdar Recipe (NON-VEG RECIPE)

Chicken lababdar ( murgh lababdar) is a rich tomato onion-based chicken gravy. You can make this delicious recipe at home like restaurant-style with step by steps. This easy recipe is made using boneless chicken breast pieces. You can make it with leg boneless or with bone-in chicken pieces as well.

 But this boneless chicken gravy recipe is one of the best chicken recipes to make at home 

You can even use fresh chicken tikka or leftover tikka to make chicken tikka lababdar ( murgh tikka lababdar) as well. Choices are many to make the recipe.

In the restaurant-style lababdar recipe grated cheese is used in the gravy and topped while serving. You can avoid it use with cream. But cheese makes it more rich and delicious.

Lababdar means a strong desire and complete surrender to something mainly related to many dishes. You can say one's strong desire to surrender his taste buds to a dish.

People are more familiar with butter chicken or chicken tikka masala. But chicken lababdar is not the same as them. There are lots of differences between a chicken lababdar and butter chicken or with chicken tikka masala.

Ingredients:

• 500 gm chicken

• 2 tomato

• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

• 1 teaspoon coriander powder

• 1/2 teaspoon kasoori methi leaves

• 2 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 1/2 tablespoon garlic paste

• 2 onion

• 1/2 tablespoon ginger paste

• 2 teaspoon red chili powder

• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

• salt as required

• 2 tablespoon butter

 Recipe:

• Step 1 Clean the chicken and saute some veggies

           Clean and wash the chicken and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Let it splutter. Add chopped onions and saute till it becomes translucent. Now add chopped tomato and cook for a minute till it becomes tender.

• Step 2 Saute and add spices

           Then add the ginger and garlic paste and saute. At this point add all the spice powders like turmeric powder, red chili powder, and coriander powder and mix well. Let the masala cook for a min or till oil starts separating.

• Step 3 Add chicken and cook for a while

           Now add Kasoori methi and stir. After that add garam masala and mix well. Now add cleaned chicken pieces into the pan so that the masala coats it well. Then add salt. Add little water if required and cover with the lid. Cook on a medium flame till the chicken gets tender.

• Step 4 Add butter and serve hot

           Now add butter and mix well. Turn off the flame and serve chicken lababdar with naan or chapati.

Tips

• Chicken lababdar tastes wonderful with the rich garnishing of chopped coriander leaves, sliced tomatoes, and shredded ginger.
• If you prefer a thicker and creamier gravy, add 1/2 cup fresh cream to it.