Recipe for Chicken Nihari
Ingredients
- 2 kgs. Chicken pieces (large size pieces)
- 1 ½ cup oil
- 100 gms Aata (wheat flour)(pan roasted and mixed with water)
- 1 tspn garlic paste
- 1 tspn ginger paste
- 1 litre. Water
- FOR MASALA
- 2 tbspns red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tspn nigella seeds
- ½ tbspn garlic powder
- ½ tbspn Fried dried onion
- 1 tbspn cumin seeds
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tspn Fennel seeds
- 1 tbspn black pepper
- ½ tspn mace
- 1 tspn nutmeg
- 1 tbspn ginger powder
- 1 tbspn black cumin
- ½ tspn cloves
- ½ cup lemon juice
Cooking Directions
Combine all the masala ingredients except lemon juice and grind well into powder and mix with lemon juice.
Now in a large, thick bottomed pot, heat one cup of oil. Add garlic and ginger and stir and then add meat and masala and Fry For Few minutes.
Add 1 litre of water and cover. Cook on very low heat until the meat is very tender.
Dissolve 100gms of pan roasted Flour in 1 glass of water (avoid lumps) and stir this mixture into the curry and stir well.
Cook For 30 minutes. And Finally after a lot of struggle and cooking, Nihari is ready. Serve it hot with naan or parathas and enjoy.
by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1164 views