Description
Chicken cooked in rich sauce made with nuts, spices and cream. (Mugalai Chicken / Mughalai Chicken)
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 lb | Chicken (1/2 kg approx, cut into small pieces) |
| 1 no | Potato (cubed) |
| 2 nos | Onion (finely chopped) |
| 2 nos | Green chilli (minced) |
| 1 tsp | Ginger garlic paste |
| ¼ cup | Yogurt/curd |
| 5 nos | Mint leaves (chopped) |
| 5 stks | Coriander leaves (finely chopped) |
| 2 nos | Bay leaf |
| 2 nos | Cloves |
| 2 nos | Cardamon |
| 2 nos | Cinnamon stick (small) |
| ½ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 1 tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 3 tbsp | Ghee |
| ¼ cup | Milk |
| 1 tsp | Poppy seeds |
| 5 nos | Almonds |
| 5 nos | Cashew nuts |
| 2 pinch | Turmeric powder |
| 2 tsp | Coriander /dhania powder |
| ½ tsp | Red chilli powder |
| ½ cup | Water |
Instructions
Wash and cut chicken in desired size and marinate with little salt, turmeric and yogurt. Soak almonds in warm water to remove the skin. Soak cashews and poppy seeds in milk for at least 15 minutes. Grind almonds , cashews and poppy seeds with milk to form thick sauce. Keep this aside. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pot and add all the dry spices like bay leaf, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves and cardamon. Toast them for a while, add finely chopped mint and some chopped coriander to it and fry until they are little crisp.
Now add the finely chopped onions, minced green chillies along with ginger garlic paste and fry till golden. When the onions look brown add the marinated chicken, cubed potatoes along with turmeric, dhania, red chilli powder , salt and water. Close with a lid and cook everything for 6 to 7 minutes on medium flame. When chicken looks tender and potatoes thoroughly cooked add the sauce which was made earlier simmer for few more minutes. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Comments
4 responses to “Mughlai Chicken”
[…] The recipe for this is in my website http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/mughlai_chicken […]
It was really tasty but very mild even after 1 tsp chilli powder
thank u so much
my dish came out so well
waah
The dish was very nice although mine didn’t look exactly like it does on the website.