Friday, October 14, 2011

Murgh Musallam




Prep: 30 mts, Cooking Time: 25-30 mts
Serves 5-6 persons
Cuisine: Mughalai.

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken, washed and cut into medium sized pieces
2 large onions, sliced
4 garlic cloves, sliced
2 large tomatoes, pureed
1/2 tsp red chilli pwd
fresh coriander leaves for garnish
salt to taste
10 almonds, soak in warm water, remove skin and make paste
2 1/2 tbsps oil

Dry roast on low flame for 3 mts:

1/2 tsp pepper corns
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 1/2 tsps coriander seeds
1″ cinnamon
4 cloves
2 elaichi/cardamom

For Marinade:

1 1/4 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp green chilli paste
3/4 cup curd/yogurt
1/2 tsp red chilli pwd
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd

Preparation:

1 Marinate chicken with the ingredients called for ‘marinade’ for 1/2 hr. Meanwhile make other preparations.
2 Heat a tbsp of oil in a vessel, add garlic and sliced onions and saute for 6-7 mts till they turn brown. Remove and keep aside. Once cool, make a fine paste of the sauteed onions, garlic and dry roasted ingredients, by adding a little water (approx 4-5 tbsps). Keep aside.
3 Heat a tbsp of oil in the same cooking vessel, add the chicken pieces (keep aside the marinade) and roast them for 6-7 mts till they are lightly browned. Remove and keep aside.
4 In the same vessel, drizzle some oil, add the ground paste and saute for 3 mts. Add salt and red chilli pwd and combine. Add the tomato puree and cook for 4 mts.
5 Add the chicken pieces, marinade, almond paste and 1/2 cup water and combine well. Cook on low to medium flame till the chicken turns soft with a thick gravy.
6 Turn off heat and garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot with white rice, biryani or rotis.

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