Chicken Mugalai

Ingredientsfor 5 servings

• 1 kg Chicken
• 16 nos Dry red chillies (Kollamulaku)
• 1 tsp Garlic paste
• 2 small Ginger
• Turmeric powder A small pinch
• 3 nos Onions sliced lengthwise
• 2 nos Potatoes
• 1 cup Cashew nuts — powdered
• 1 cup Curd
• Dalda, to taste
• Salt, to taste
• 2 nos Boiled eggs chopped length-wise
• 5 nos Green chillies chopped length wise
• 1 nos Lemon chopped in circles

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Blend well together dry red chillies, garlic, ginger, turmeric powder, 2 tsp of curd and salt, in a mixer grinder.

2. Step 2

   Cut chicken into pieces of appx. 1.5 inch length.

3. Step 3

   Marinate the chicken pieces in the blended mixture for 1 hour.

4. Step 4

   Heat 2 tsp of dalda in a frying pan.

5. Step 5

   Add onions and fry, till they turn brown. Keep them aside.

6. Step 6

   Fry chopped potaoes in the same pan with remaining dalda (add more if required). Keep the fried potato pieces aside.

7. Step 7

   In a separate pan, heat dalda and add the marinated chicken pieces, fried onions, fried potatoes and give it a good stir for 15 minutes.

8. Step 8

   By this time, chicken would be half cooked.

9. Step 9

   Add powdered cashews and the remaining curd along with 2 cups of water and allow it to boil, till chicken is fully cooked.

10. Step 10

    Garnish with eggs, lemon pieces and green chillies.