Chicken Mughlai Recipe

   

                      Chicken Mughlai curry is very popular especially in North India. This type of recipes are rich in highly spicy and full of flavors. You can replace chicken by paneer as well. Do give a try to this delicious and mouth-watering recipe.

Ingredients :

Chicken - 1 kg
Cashewnuts - 10 nos
Shallots - 10 nos
Poppy seeds/Kasa Kasa - 1tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tblsp
Red chilli powder - 2tblsp
Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1tsp
Salt - to taste
Kasuri methi leaves - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1 spring
Butter/Ghee/Oil - 3 tblsp

Method :

• Firstly, grind cashewnuts, shallots and poppy seeds into a fine paste and keep it aside.
• Take chicken in a large bowl and marinate it with turmeric powder, red chilli powder & salt. 
• Allow it to marinate for about 15 minutes.
• Now in a large kadai, pour more oil (atleast 100ml) and add the marinated chicken.
• Fry the chicken till it is half cooked, drain the chicken pieces and remove them aside on a plate.
• In the same oil, add the grounded cashewnut paste and cook till raw smell goes off. 
• Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder, coriander powder and ginger garlic paste.
• Cook it till the oil separates. If needed, add salt as per your taste.
• Now add the half cooked chicken, cover & cook till the chicken is well cooked. 
• Once the chicken is cooked, remove the lid and garnish the gravy with kasuri methi leaves and coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with variety rice.

Step by step pics :

                                                      Take cashnewnuts in blender

                                                          Poppy seeds/kasa kasa

                                                                    Shallots

                                                         Grind them into fine paste

                          Take chicken in a bowl and add chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt

                                          Mix them well and marinate to about 15 mins

                                          Take butter in kadai and add marinated chicken

                                                           Half cook the chicken

                                                      Done. Remove and set aside

                                            In the remaining oil add the grounded paste

                                                         Add extra water and mix well

                                                             Add the spice powders

                                                           Cook till the oil separates

                                                           Add the marinated chicken

                                                                 Cover and cook

                                                             Open the lid and done

                                      Garnish with kasuri methi leaves and coriander leaves