Lavand-e-Murgh

Name: Lavand-e-Murgh
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chicken; 1/2 cup thick yogurt; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; To taste salt and pinch of sugar; 1 1/2 tbsp kitchen king masala; 2 tbsp fresh cream or malai; 5-6 cashewnuts or almonds soaked; 1 tbsp melon seeds; 4 tbsp oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 2 green cardamoms; 4-5 cloves; 5-6 peppercorns; 1 small stick cinnamon; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1 tbsp roasted gramflour; 1/2 cup water; 2 green chillies paste; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 onion chopped; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; Few strands saffron soaked in milk; 2 drops mitha attar

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#goldenapron /post -21/date : 22.7.19
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This is a mid Eastern cuisine and has a rich creamy gravy.A traditional flavourful Afghani dish which is slow cooked with yogurt, cream and nuts and best served with rice, kabuli pulao or flat bread.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

500 gmschicken
1/2 cupthick yogurt
1/2 tspturmeric
1/2 tspred chilli powder
To tastesalt and pinch of sugar
1 1/2 tbspkitchen king masala
2 tbspfresh cream or malai
5-6cashewnuts or almonds soaked
1 tbspmelon seeds
4 tbspoil
1 tbspghee
2green cardamoms
4-5cloves
5-6peppercorns
1small stick cinnamon
1/2 tspgaram masala
1 tbsproasted gramflour
1/2 cupwater
2green chillies paste
1 tbsplemon juice
1onion chopped
1 tbspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
Few strands saffron soaked in milk
2 dropsmitha attar

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Steps

1

Marinate chicken with little salt and lemon juice for at least 1 hour.Roast gramflour and set aside.Heat oil in a nonstick pan.Fry the chopped onion till transparent.Cool and make a paste of onion,yogurt,green chillies,melon seeds and cashewnuts or almonds.In the remaining oil sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala.When they splutter, add the chicken and ground paste.Add ginger garlic paste,cream and other masalas and salt and pinch of sugar to taste.
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Toss all.Add roasted gramflour paste and 1/2 cup water.Cook on low flame as gramflour tends to stick at bottom.Sprinkle ghee,saffron milk,mitha attar and serve with rice, kabuli pulao or any flat bread.