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Lal murgi

I had prepared this dish long back.I adapted this recipe from Nita mehta’s book after my friend Aparna Kamath had tried it and suggested me to try.This dish has a lovely colour and tastes very good.I prepared green peas pulav as an accompaniment with this dish.Lal means colour red and murgi means chicken or red chicken as in English.This dish is very easy to prepare.I adapted the pressure cooker method.



Ingredients:
Chicken: 1 kg
Onions: 2
Kashmiri red chillies: 20 
Ginger paste: 1 1/2 tsp 
Garlic paste: 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder: 1 1/2 tsp
Garam masala: 1tsp 
Tomatoes: 2 Salt to taste
Ghee-2-3 tbsp
Coriander leaves-for garnishing

Method:

1. Deseed the chilies and soak in water for half an hour.
2. Grind to a fine paste along with the onions.
3. Heat oil in a pan or cooker and add the ground paste, along with the ginger, garlic paste,fry until the colour darkens.
4. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook until pulpy.
5. Add the powdered masalas, salt and chicken.
6. Cook until chicken is done.,add water if required,if you are using pressure cooker method,take a whistle,simmer for         6-7 minutes and off the flame.

7. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rotis or parathas.



About SaiGeetha Pai

I am Saigeetha, a homemaker, food blogger, baker and a cook. Cooking is my passion.

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