Thursday, March 20, 2008

MURGH MALAI [CREAMY CHICKEN]

INGREDIENTS:

  • Chicken- 800 gms
  • Onions chopped- 200 gms
  • Cashewnut paste- 100 gms
  • Lemon juice- 3 tspns
  • Milk Cream- 150 gms
  • Salt to taste
  • Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tspn
  • Red chilli powder-1 tspn
  • Green chillies chopped- 4 or 5 [according to your taste]
  • Corriander leaves chopped- 3tspn
  • Mint leaves chopped-1tspn
  • Milk- 1/2 bowl
  • Ginger garlic paste- 5ogms
  • Saffron water- 1tspn
  • Khus khus paste- 50gms
  • Oil- 5 tspn

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes


PREPARATION:

Take a pan add oil,now put onions and saute it.now add ginger garlic paste,khus khus paste and again saute it.then add cashewnut paste[For 2 hours dip cashewnut in a bowl of milk and then grind it],red chilli powder,kashmiri chilli powder,green chillies and saute it.Now add the chicken pieces ,salt,lemon juice and cook it for 5 minutes,now add half cup water and let the chicken cook.After the chicken is cooked lower the flame and add fresh cream and mix it well.


Garnish it with saffron water,mint leaves and corriander leaves.Serve it along with chapathi or nan.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

hi shakya
i tried making murgh malai as per your recipe. it was really delicious my hubby got happy after eating it. my name is tobbassum n m frm delhi. i will try your other dishes also.wish you all the best.

Shakya said...

i am so happy to hear that...thank you tobassum..:-)