Chicken Goshtaba - Chicken balls in thick yogurt based gravy

Serves 4

Calories ~ 150 \ serving

Ingredients

1. 500 grams boneless chicken breast \ ( 400 grams minced meat + 100 grams fat )
2. 500 grams curd - beaten to smooth consistency
3. 2 tablespoon ghee
4. 2 teaspoon vegetable oil 
5. Garlic water - made of 6-7 garlic pods
6. Black Cardamom - 6
7. Green Cardamom - 3
8. Shahi jeera - 1 teaspoon
9. Salt - to taste
10. Dry ginger powder - 1 teaspoon
11. Fennel powder - 3 tablespoon

Step 1 

1. Take small chicken breast pieces add few drops of oil and little salt to it and grind
2. Make small balls of the minced chicken meat
3. Boil 2 cups of water and add 2 black cardamom to it.
4. Add Chicken balls one by one and let it cook for 5 min 
5. Chicken balls will start looking like white balls 
6. Remove in a bowl with water , don't throw away this water

Step 2

1. Beat curd nice till it becomes very consistent
2. Add all powdered spices to it.
3. Add 1 teaspoon oil
4. Cook till it start boiling
5. Add garlic water to it.
6. Keep stirring till it boils
7. Now add slightly cursed dry spices
8. Add chicken balls with stock
9. Cook till gravy reduces to half
10. Add Ghee and it is ready to serve (optional)
11. Goes best with steamed basmati rice

Original recipe is done with mutton , process is same but use 75% mutton and 25% fat , That too turns out very nice.