Friday, August 2, 2013

zafrani murg / royal chicken curry with saffron

                                                                            preparation time: 15 minutes 
              cooking time: 30 minutes 











ingredients: 


skin less chicken pieces              1/2 kg washed 
onion                                             4 medium size sliced 
curd /yogurt                                1/2 cup
caraway seeds                            1/2 tsp
coriander powder                     2 tsp
green cardamom                                3
black cardamom                                 1
green chilly paste                          2 tsp
mace                                             1/2 
cinnamon stick                                1 inches 
turmeric powder                              1 tsp
black pepper                       2
cloves                                 2
saffron                                 pinch 
milk                                    1 /2 cup warm 
ghee                                     1/2 cup
oil                                         2 tbsp



to garnish:

green chilly slices                  2 
fried onion                              1 tbsp
fresh cream                             1 tbsp






preparation:

  • in a large mixing bowl take chicken pieces and marinate them with curd and a tsp of ginger garlic paste. set aside for 1 hour .
  • after that heat up oil in a pan add finely sliced onion in and cook then until they get nice golden color .remove then in a platter and set aside .
  • take this fried onion a mixture jar and add spices( green cardamom , black cardamom , cumin seed , black pepper ,cinnamon stick , turmeric powder , mace  coriander powder , cloves , black pepper ,green chilly paste and 3 tbsp of water  ).make fine paste . and set aside ,
  • soak saffron in 1/-2 cup of warm milk and set aside .



method:

  • heat ghee or oil in a pan( or u can use left oil of fried onion ) add marinated chicken into it .and stir for 3 to 4 minutes till chicken changes color little bit .
  • now add prepared paste of onion & spices and keep stirring till oil get separate from chicken .
  • add salt , a cup of water , and saffron soaked milk and stir for a while and cover and cook chicken on slow heat for 4 to 5 minutes .
  • remove in a serving bowl and garnish with chilly slices . cream and fried onion . serve with naan /or with steam rice .




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