Murgh Mutanjan

Ingredients:-

  • Chicken —- 1 ½ kg
  • Rice —- 1 kg (Half boiled)
  • Ghee —- 3 cups
  • Lemon —- 3
  • Sugar —- 4-5 cups
  • Garlic —- 10-12 cloves
  • Dry coriander —- 1 ½ tsp
  • Zafran —- ½ tsp
  • Small cardamom —- 10
  • Food colour —- a few inches
  • Kewra —- 5 tbsp
  • Almond —- 1 cup
  • Raisins —- 1 cup
  • Onions —- 2
  • Fennel, garam masala whole —- 1 ½ tbsp
  • Salt —- as required

Preparation:

  1. Cut chicken into pieces and add salt and water.
  2. In a muslin cloth add onion (cut into four pieces), peeled garlic and coriander and fennel tie these tighter in the muslin cloth.
  3. Now add this in the same water and prepare chicken stock till 2/12 cup chicken stock left in the sauce pan.
  4. In the sauce pan add ghee and cardamoms after cutting them.
  5. After a while when they crackle add chicken pieces with stock.
  6. Prepare sugar syrup.
  7. Add Rice, lemon juice, almonds and raisins.
  8. When water evaporates add zafran, food colour and kewra essence.
  9. Add a little milk and keep on low flame and cook for half an hour.