RizzieFarms • The Chicken Cookbook

Tastes Like Chicken!

From the 1992 cookbook

Indian

Moghlai Chicken

Servings: Makes 4 to 8 servings

Rich curry with onions, spices, and a saffron-scented sour cream sauce.

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts, split and boned
  • Seasoned flour
  • 1/4 C butter or margarine
  • 2 to 3 large onions, chopped
  • 6 large cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 (1/2-in.) piece gingerroot, ground
  • 1 1/4 t ground cumin
  • 1 1/4 t cumin seeds, crushed
  • 1 1/4 t caraway seeds
  • 1 1/4 t ground turmeric
  • 1 t red pepper
  • 1 or 2 green chiles, split
  • 1 or 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 1/4 t ground cloves
  • 1 1/4 t ground cardamom
  • 1/4 C brown sugar, packed
  • 1 t saffron threads
  • 2 T warm milk
  • 1 C sour cream

Instructions

  1. Dredge chicken in seasoned flour.
  2. Brown chicken in butter. Remove.
  3. Saute onions, garlic, and ginger.
  4. Add spices and fry 2–3 minutes.
  5. Add chicken, tomatoes, and water. Simmer 25 minutes.
  6. Remove chicken.
  7. Mix spices, saffron in milk, and sour cream.
  8. Pour over chicken.
  9. Keep warm until serving.
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