Murg Nawabi Recipe
From Chicken Dishes Section of Hyderabad
Murg Nawabi Dish
- 1 medium chicken, cut into big pieces
- 2 tsp adrak-lasan paste
- 3 tbsp beaten curd
- 1 ½ tsp garam masala
- 8 red chillies
- 2 tsp saunf
- 3 eggs, boiled and fried whole
- A handful of kishmish, fried
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 2 pinches saffron, dissolved in ½ cup water
- Salt to taste
Grind the following to a fine paste; red chillies, onion and saunf.
To the chicken apply the adrak-lasan paste along with the curd and set aside. Heat the ghee and fry the onion-red chilli paste till the ghee separates. Add the marinated chicken and salt to taste, and fry till the ghee separates.
Add 1 ½ cups warm water and cook till nearly done. Add saffron water, boiled fried eggs, sprinkle cashewnuts and kishmish then simmer till done. Serve hot.
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