Cuisine: North Indian
Category: Dinner
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 45 min
Serves: 4
Difficulty: Hard
🍗 Non-Vegetarian
Mildly spiced chicken braised in yogurt and nut gravy — a Mughal-era recipe for special occasions.
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1/2 cup cashews, soaked
- 2 onions
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 4 tbsp ghee
- Whole spices: cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1/4 cup cream
- Rose water
Method
- Blend onions and soaked cashews to smooth paste.
- Heat ghee, fry whole spices.
- Fry cashew-onion paste until golden and fragrant, about 15 minutes.
- Add ginger-garlic paste.
- Add chicken pieces and sear.
- Whisk yogurt and add gradually.
- Cook covered on low heat until chicken is tender.
- Add cream, rose water and white pepper.
- Simmer 5 minutes. Serve with pilaf.