Maharaja Chicken is a boosting recipe by Chef Zarnak Sidhwa with lots of flavors. A fabulous dish to serve your family and guests. I omit nuts and dried fruit from the recipe while tried and the taste and texture was super delicious. The original recipe calls for 3 cups oil but I used only 1 cup. You can do a little up and down in the recipe according to your taste.
Ingredients
- Chicken whole 1
- Egg (boiled) 2
- Saffron 1 tsp
- Yogurt ½ kg
- Browned onion 1 cup
- Turmeric powder 1 tsp
- Coriander powder 1 tsp
- Red chili powder 1 tbsp
- Ginger paste 1 tbsp
- Garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Garam masala powder 1 tsp
- Oil 3 cups
- Cardamoms 6
- Almonds 8
- Pistachios 8-10
- Cloves 6
- Cinnamon 3
- Cumin seeds 1 tsp
- Dried plums 8
- Dried apricots 4
Method
- Soak saffron in 1 tbsp water and rub on the chicken.
- Place boiled eggs inside the chicken cavity and seal with the help of threads.
- Heat oil and fry chicken on both sides well. Keep it aside.
- In this oil add garam masala powder, yogurt, and all the ingredients in it and fry for a while.
- Now place chicken in it, pour yogurt mixture over chicken frequently and cook.
- When chicken is done add dry plums and apricot.
- Dish out chicken in platter, pour over gravy and serve with naan.
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