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Murg Musallam















Ø  1 chicken, cleaned, dried and cut into pieces
Ø  1 tsp coriander powder
Ø  4 cloves, 3 small cardamoms powdered
Ø  8 pepper corns
Ø  1 inch long piece of ginger
Ø  3 red chillies
Ø  4 onions sliced
Ø  8 cloves garlic minced
Ø  A pinch of saffron
Ø  ½ tsp turmeric pwd
Ø  1 inch long stick of cinnamon
Ø  Few piece of mace
Ø  1 tblsp cumin seeds
Ø  1 cup curd, fresh and thoroughly beaten
Ø  8 tblsp ghee
Ø  Salt to taste

Grind cloves, cardamoms, cumin seeds, coriander powder, mace, cinnamon, red chillies into a fine paste. Rub this paste into the chicken and set aside for some time. Now add turmeric powder, salt
and chicken pieces. Simmer on low flame and then add two cups of hot water. Now stir, cover and cook it on medium flame till water dries and the gravy becomes thick.

Now take a little warm milk and rub saffron pieces into it. When it is fully dissolved, add beaten curd and saffron into the gravy. Now continue to cook till ghee begins to separate. Serve it hot.