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Title: Chicken Billista
Post by: 976bar on August 31, 2009, 01:38 PM

Very delicious and takes few minutes to make.

 
Ingredients:
*500 gms Chicken
* 2 large Onions
* 2 large Tomatoes
* 2-3 tbsp Yoghurt
* 2 tbsp Coriander powder
* 1 tbsp Red Chilli powder
* ? tbsp Turmeric powder
* 1 tsp Green Masala (Ginger, Garlic, Green chillies, 1:1:2)
* Whole Garam masala (3 Green Cardamom slightly cracked, 4 cloves, 6 black pepper and 1 tsp Cumin seeds)
* Oil 5-6 tbsp

Procedure:
Heat Oil. Add thin sliced onions. Fry them till dark brown. (Billista)
Blend the tomatoes, add the Billista and yoghurt.
In another pan, heat the oil and add green masala and whole garam masala.
Add all the powder masala. Lightly fry the masala, then add half a cup of water.
Add chicken pieces. Cook till chicken is tender.
Add the Billista paste to this chicken.
Cook for another 10 minutes.
Serve with parathas and/or rice.

Title: Re: Chicken Billista
Post by: joshallen2k on August 31, 2009, 07:10 PM

976bar,

Where did you find this dish?

I googled "Chicken Ballista" and found a single entry, referring to some sort of Morrocan pie...

Title: Re: Chicken Billista
Post by: joshallen2k on August 31, 2009, 07:13 PM

Doh! I misspelled it.

This time I found the recipe you posted from some other forum, but still no other references to it other than the recipe. Is it a BIR dish?

Title: Re: Chicken Billista
Post by: PaulP on August 31, 2009, 07:37 PM

Looks like this one pictures and all:

http://arad-daagh.blogspot.com/2005/12/chicken-billista.html (http://arad-daagh.blogspot.com/2005/12/chicken-billista.html)

Title: Re: Chicken Billista
Post by: 976bar on August 31, 2009, 09:13 PM

PaulP,

You are absolutely right. I have made this dish about 3 times now and its really nice :)