chicken dilruba
2 medium onions 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger root 2 tablespoons Punjabi garam masala 6 tablespoons butter or vegetable oil 1 teaspoon ground turmer...
Ingredients
- 2medium onions
- 1cupmilk
- 2tablespoonchopped fresh ginger root
- 2tablespoonpunjabi garam masala
- 6tablespoonbutter or vegetable oil
- 1teaspoonground turmeric
- 1(3 to 4 pound) chicken, skin removed, cut into pieces
- 2or 3 fresh green cayenne peppers, minced, or
Directions
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Chicken Dilruba 2 medium onions 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger root 2 tablespoons Punjabi garam masala 6 tablespoons butter o
- 2
Heat butter or oil in a heavy, deep skillet and gently brown the onion-ginger mixture, stirring often
- 3
Add chicken and yogurt
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Combine well and cook over medium heat until the mixture becomes rather dry and the chicken begins to brown
- 5
Grind almonds, walnuts and melon seeds until quite fine
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Stir them into the milk, then add the mixture to the chicken along with garam masala, turmeric, chile peppers, salt and ground cayenne
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Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the chicken is very tender and the sauce is very thick (about 10 to 15 minutes)
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Stir in the saffron/milk mixture and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer