Murgh Nurjehani

Ingredients

Chicken – 1

Onion – 3

Garlic – 8

Ginger – 1 small piece

Green chilli - 4

Ghee/butter – 5 tbl.sp

Yoghurt – 2 cup

Almonds – 12

Rasins – 12

Black cardamom – 3

Cloves – 4

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Saffron soaked in milk

Salt as per taste

Method

First make a thick paste of ginger, garlic, green chilli, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and cumin seed.

Mix it with salt and yoghurt and rub it over the chicken and leave it to marinate for 3 to 4 hours.

Fry almonds and raisins in ghee/butter.

Boil the eggs and make thick round slices of it.

Heat oil in a pan, and fry onions till golden brown in color. Then add chicken along with the marinated masala and cook on a low flame.

Add saffron soaked in milk and fry the chicken till it turns brown. When done,  Remove the chicken in a dish, add sliced boiled eggs, fried almonds and raisins and serve hot with rice, naan or paratha.