Recipe of the Month - Kesar Yoghurt Chicken
Chicken cooked in Yoghurt is healthy and nutritious. To enhance your delicious moments, Kesar Yoghurt Chicken is a perfect dish. Be it a fancy party or dinner at home, this perky recipe would add a spark to your dining menu. This scrumptious dish can be made in next to no time and in return, would get lots of compliments.



Kesar Yoghurt Chicken

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4


Ingredients

1 kg chicken pieces
1 cup yoghurt
1 gm saffron (kesar)
2 large onions, chopped
½ cup oil
Salt to taste


Grind to paste

6 Kashmiri chillies, deseeded
1 star anise
5 black peppercorns
3 cardamom pods (elaichi)
½ inch long piece of cinnamon (daalchini)
1 tsp shahjeera (black cumin seeds)
2 inch piece of ginger (adrak)
10-15 almonds (baadaam)
20 gms raisins (kishmish)

½ cup chopped fresh coriander (dhaniya)



Method
In a large pan, heat the oil and fry the onions till golden brown. Add the ground spices and cook for 5 minutes. Add the chicken and brown the pieces well and then add yoghurt and allow it to mix well with the chicken pieces and the spices. Add 2 cups of water and simmer till the chicken is cooked. Season with salt and remove from heat. Fold through the fresh coriander.

Serve with rice or Indian bread.