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Dhuaan-Daar Murgh

Recipe by Mubarrah Sajid of

A dramatic dish with a dramatic name.

Ingredients non vegetarian 4 servings

  • 1 lb Chicken
  • ½ lb Yoghurt
  • 1½ tbsps. Ginger, paste
  • 1½ tbsps. Garlic, paste
  • 3 nos. Onion, medium
  • 3 nos. Tomato, big
  • 2 tbsps. Red Chilies, powder
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • ½ tbsp Cumin Seeds
  • 4 nos. Cloves
  • 3 nos. Cardamom
  • 5 nos. Black Pepper
  • 1 piece Cinnamon
  • Vegetable Oil for frying
  • Salt to taste

2 pieces of charcoal for smoking the dish

Directions

  1. Marinate chicken in curd, ginger-garlic paste, red chilli pwd, turmeric and salt and set aside.
  2. Grind together Onions and tomatoes.
  3. Heat oil and add jeera, cloves, cardamons, cinnamon and 2-3 bay leaves.
  4. When tempered, to it add the ground tomatoes and onions and saute well till the masala begins sticking to the sides.
  5. Then add the marinated chicken and cook for a while. Keep stirring occasionaly.
  6. Now add required water for chicken to cook. Cover and let it simmer.
  7. Meanwhile keep the pieces of charcoal on gas flame till it becomes embers.
  8. When chicken is done and oil is floating on top. Turn off the heat.
  9. Keep a small bowl or even onion peels on top of the gravy, place the embers on it and drop a few drops of oil on it. Cover the vessel immediately.
  10. Do not allow smoke to escape. Let it stay for 5 mins and then dish out.

The smoking can be done after dishing out as well, It makes the dish very dramatic if opened at the table with the smoke coming out.

Comments

Mitu Bansal

The recipe is really good and its mouthwatering.But i would like to add one thing in this.When u keep a coal with ghee,u can keep some laung(i.e cinnamon) into it..That will give more taste to ts dish

Meghna

The quantity of chicken is way less than the quantity of the gravy. It should have been 1 whole chicken instead of 1 lb. chicken.

James Barnard

Dear sajid' it's a good dish which been given by you. we take n use this dish as charcol chicken at our hotel Shaurya Inn. Thanks