Saturday, November 15, 2008

BANJARA MURGH


This dish is from Rajasthan. but i've modified it by using chicken instead of lamb. Banjara means nomads of rajasthan.

Ingredients-
500 gms chicken
2 tbsp oil
1 onion, sliced
4 whole red chillies
2 pieces mace
1 black cardamom
2 green cardamom
1 stick of cinnamon
5 black peppercorns
½ tsp cumin seeds
3 tsp ginger and garlic paste
1 tsp coriander pwd
1 tsp turmeric pwd
1 tsp red chilli pwd
1½ cups curd
½ tsp coriander seeds, roasted and crushed
fresh coriander for garnish
salt to taste
Method-
* Grind the mace, green cardamom, cinnamon, black cardamom, black peppercorns and cumin seeds together making the garam masala.
* Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and lightly brown the onion with 2 whole red chillies.
* Add the ginger-garlic paste, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and mix well..
* Add 1/4 cup water and cook for a few mins.
* Add the chicken to the onion masala and mix well.
* Now add 1 and a 1/2 cup water to the chicken and stir.
* Sprinkle some salt and add the curd.
* Add the crushed coriander and let it simmer for 10-15 min or till the chicken is done.
* Garnish with fresh coriander and 2 whole red chillies and serve hot.

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