Murgh Methi Malai

Hi all, well this time i wont go into much details coz its past midnight n i gotta catch train for our capital city Delhi at 6 am. well Murgh Methi Malai is a famous Mughlai item-chicken cooked with whole spices, fenugreek leaves, cream n cashew nut paste.. sounds quite tempting n creamy huh ??

Ingredients

500 gm boneless chicken pieces

250 gm sliced onions

50 gm soaked cashews

2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

4-5 tbsp fenugreek leaves

50 gm cream

1 cup curd

3-4 green chillies

200 ml milk

whole spices (bay leaf, 2-3 cardamoms, 3-4cloves, 2" cinnamon stick, little bit mace, 1 tsp cumin seeds)

1/2 tsp pepper powder

salt, to taste

oil/ghee

1/2 red chilli powder

1. Marinate chicken with curd, salt, pepper powderand ginger-garlic paste for 1hour or just 20 to 30 mins.

2. Heat some oil and fry the onions upto light brown.

3. Grind the fried onions along with milk, chillies and cashews

it should be smooth paste

4. Heat some oil/ghee in a thick bottomed pan and add whole spices and wait till they splutter.

5. Add fenugreek leaves and marinated chicken along with its liquid content. Add cumin powder, black pepper powder and red chilli powder. Cook on medium flame until the pieces are almost tender.

6. Add onion-cashew nut paste and cook on medium flame for couple of minutes.