Walking down the street food corners of India, how many times have you drooled over the delicious aromas of piping hot chicken kebabs? Every time, right? Well, this Middle Eastern delicacy prepared with the use of spice-marinated meat pieces that are grilled to perfection in open fires has taken the world by storm. Every bite of a Chicken Kebab exports you to yummy land where you can’t stop yourself from indulging in the deliciousness. Now, how about we tell you that you can easily prepare Cashew Nuts Chicken Kebab right in your kitchen?
Make delicious Kebabs with Licious Boneless Chicken
Yes! Preparing chicken kebabs is now easy with Licious as we deliver you the right chicken cuts for your kebabs. Our Chicken Leg Boneless Cuts, perfect for your kebab recipe, are fresh and go under 150+ quality checks so that we keep you assured of quality while you gear up to make this amazing chicken recipe at home. Licious chickens’ feed is monitored, and they are raised on biosecure farms. Once cut, the meat is temperature-controlled between 0-4°C and not frozen so that the freshness remains intact and you get juicy, tender, and hygienically vacuum-packed product delivered to your doorstep.
This Chicken Kebab recipeis a popular dish loved by people across the globe. With tender and juicy meat marinated to perfection, the addition of cashew nuts makes this particular kebab recipe crunchy, unique and healthy at the same time. You can find a variety of kebabs across the globe wherein people use the same method of cooking the marinated chicken on a skewer but in different flavours and spices. Moreover, this delicious cuisine comes with some interesting facts that date back decades:
The practice of skewer meat cooking actually originated in early human lives when people used to cook meat on an open fire.
Kebabs are believed to have originated in Turkey when soldiers grilled meats to satiate their hunger after battles using their swords.
Kebab is a dish that was enjoyed equally by the Persian royal houses as well as the commoners because of the ease of preparing the dish.
Apart from Chicken Kebab, you can also prepare mutton, lamb, fish, pork, beef as well as vegetables.
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How to Make Chicken Kebabs with Cashew Nuts?
Making Indian Chicken Kebab with cashew nuts is actually pretty simple and fun. Often called Reshmi kabab in the Indian subcontinent, wherein Reshmi means 'silk', the use of cashews and creams makes this type of kababs silky and smooth in texture. The tender boneless chicken pieces are marinated well and then grilled in a tandoor in a manner that the pieces remain crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. This makes Reshmi kababs absolutely unique and one-of-a-kind, leaving you wanting more.
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Marination: 45 mins
Prep: 10 mins
Cooks in: 30 mins
Blend the cashew nuts and almonds with little water in a grinder to make a smooth paste
Pour the mix into a bowl and add curd, ginger, garlic, turmeric powder, garam masala, fenugreek leaves, fresh cream, oil, salt, coriander, and mint leaves. Mix well
Add the chicken cubes and coat the mixture well. Marinade for 45 minutes.
Carefully thread the chicken into skewers.
Rub the chicken pieces with butter and place them on a grill with charcoal. You can also use gas with a grill pan or an oven.
Cook till the meat is cooked and charred on the outside.
Serve hot with mint chutney and fresh salad.
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