How To Make Murgi Massala

Ingredients-

Baby Chicken whole cut into four pieces

2-3 large onions, 4 Tsp garlic paste
1/2 tsp ginger paste

2 -3 tsp of cumin powder,

1 tsp of turmeric powder

1 sliced red pepper, 2-3 chopped green chilli, and 2 tsp of black pepper

3/4 cup of yogurt, Salt as per taste

Mustard oil/vegetable oil ½ cup.


Preparing the paste
Chop half of the onions, garlic, and ginger very finely and then make a smooth paste with dry red pepper green chilli, black pepper also. This paste will be stir/fried with the cleaned chicken pieces later on.

Now chop in rest of the onions very finely. Fry them very well in mustard oil,

Make a smooth paste out of these deep fried onions. Mix in well with yogurt, turmeric and if required red pepper powder.

Now to cooking Murgi Massala


Heat up a deep bottomed pan ,add oil, temper it with 2 bay leaf, few cloves, cardamom, few cloves.

Add in 1tsp of sugar also. Add in the paste and fry it well. And then add in cleaned chicken pieces and salt as per taste.

Fry them at med flame till the chicken pieces change colour. Add in 2 cups of warm water and let it cook at med-low for 10-15 minutes.

At this point add in the following paste of deep fried onions/yogurt/turmeric/red pepper powder. Cover the vessel and let it be cooked.

Take out when you feel the chicken is cooked and the gravy is dried up little,



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