Mughlai Chicken Curry

Brief Description

Mughlai Chicken is a recipe in which chicken is cooked in rich and thick gravy. This is a royal recipe from the Mogul period. Follow this recipe to learn how to make this recipe in simple and easy manner.

Preparation Time	20 mins
Cooking Time	30 mins
Serves	4

Ingredients for Mughlai Chicken Curry

Chicken Marinade

• 1 lb boneless chicken
• Ginger- 1 inch piece
• Garlic- 6 cloves
• Green chilies- 7
• Curd- 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
• Garam masala- 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves- 1 bunch

Dry Masala

• Cloves- 5
• Peppercorns- 5
• Cinnamon- 1 small piece
• Cardamoms- 2
• Almonds- 5
• Coriander seeds- 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds- 1tsp

For Curry

• Thinly sliced onion, big- 1
• Tomatoes (medium size), blanched and pureed- 4
• Cashew nut paste- 1 cup
• Ghee or oil
• Chopped coriander
• Lemon juice

How to make Mughlai Chicken Curry

• Form a smooth consistency curd by mixing it with 1 tbsp water.
• Form a paste by grinding garlic, ginger and green chilies altogether.
• Mix this paste with curd, garam masala, salt and turmeric powder.
• Make small incisions on the chicken pieces and then drop them in the marinade.
• Add copped corianders and keep aside the chicken for half an hour.
• Take a pan and fry the ‘dry masala’ ingredients and make them into a fine powder.
• Fry the onions till they are brown and then grind them into a paste. Add in the ground masala powder and churn it again.
• Take a pressure cooker and oil into it and fry the ground masala.
• Take out the chicken and fry them lightly.
• Drop them into pressure cooker and fry for 5 minutes.
• Pour in the remaining curd marinade, salt, coriander leaves, chili powder, tomato puree, cashew nut paste and put the lid on the cooker and cook for 20 minutes
• Squeeze a lime and garnish with coriander.

Mughlai Chicken Curry

Some Useful Tips

Instead of cashew nut paste you can also use chickpea flour to thicken the gravy

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