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Chicken Moglai Balti




Ingredients

Quantity
Chicken – skinned, meat and cut into chunks  
1 large
Clarified butter or ghee
13 ounces
Onion – grated
2
Salt
2 tsp
1 ½ ” Ginger- peeled and grated
1 piece
Garlic cloves – crushed
8
Green cardamoms – broken  open
6
½” cinnamon sticks  
2 pieces
Eggs – lightly beaten
4
Sugar
4 tbsp
Ground almonds
6 tbsp
Cream
27 fluid ounces
Flaked almonds
to garnish


Heat the ghee or butter in a large wok over moderate heat and fry the onions with the salt until translucent. Add the ginger, garlic, cardamoms, and cinnamon sticks. Stir-fry until the onions are golden brown.

Add the chunks of chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes, In a small bowl, mix together the eggs, sugar, ground almonds and cream.

Lower the heat to "very low" and pour the egg and cream mixture into the wok. Simmer gently for 5-7 minutes, until the chicken is cooked and tender. Be careful not to overcook the sauce, or the eggs and cream will curdle.

Serve garnished with flaked almonds.