A Great time - tested Chicken Recipe straight from the Mughlai Kitchen

MUGHLAI CHICKEN CURRY

Ingredients :

Chicken pieces 750 gms

Red Chilli powder 2 heaped tspns

Turmeric powder ½ tspn

Coriander powder 1 tspn

Spices To be ground:

Ginger 1 small piece

Garlic 12 cloves

Cloves 2

Black Pepper 6

Cinnamon 1 small piece

Black Cardamom 1

Cumin 1 tsp

To be ground:

Onions 3 medium size

Tomatoes 3 medium size

Curd 2 tbspns

Oil for cooking

Salt

Boiled egg 1

Method :

1. Cut chicken pieces, wash, apply salt, ingredients and ground spices and keep aside to marinate.
2. In a pan, heat oil and fry the onion - tomato paste. Fry over low heat till oil separates.
3. To the marinated Chicken add beaten curd and mix well. Add Chicken to the fried Onion - Tomatoes.
4. Fry for a while until the Chicken is well mixed with masala.
5. Add hot water and let it cook till chicken is tender.
6. Cook for a few more minutes and garnish with Green chillis, Coriander leaves and boiled egg,.
7. Serve hot with Roti or Gakhar which is a special Mughalai Bread.