Ingredients

• 1 kg - Chicken
• 1 large cup - Sour curd
• 25g - Almond (blanched)
• 25g - Walnuts (blanched)
• 25g - Melon seeds (blanched)
• 25g - Cashewnuts, fried
• 10 - Almonds blanched and fried
• 2in piece - Ginger
• 1tsp - Turmeric powder
• 1tbsp - Garam masala
• 3 - Onions, medium
• 1tbsp - Ground cumin seeds, roasted
• 3 - green chillies (minced)
• Few drops of essence of saffron
• 1/2 cup - Oil
• salt and Chilli powder to taste

How to Make Plain Shahi Chicken

• Grind onion and ginger to a paste.
• Heat 6 tbsp butter and fry the ground paste to a golden brown colour.
• Add chicken along with curd and fry till dry and nicely browned.
• In the meanwhile, grind the almonds, walnuts, melon seeds and ginger. Mix into the milk along with all the ground spices and 1 cup water.
• When the chicken turns brown, pour the mixture onto it. Cover tightly, cook over a low fire until the chicken is tender and almost dry.
• Mix in the essence and remove from fire.
• Garnish with almonds.