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Safed Murgh Chicken (medium sized, skin removed and jointed) 1 Curds (thick and not sour, whisked) 200 ml Onions (peeled and sliced very fine) 200 g Garlic-ginger paste 1 tbsp Yellow chilly powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 2 tsp White peppercorn powder ½ tsp Green cardamom pods 3-4 Bay leaf 1 Salt To taste Oil ½ cup Lemon juice 1 tbsp Method Wash and trim the chicken. Mix the garlic ginger paste and powdered spices along with salt to prepare a marinade. Apply this evenly to chicken pieces and let the murgh rest in this for two hours. Heat oil in a thick-bottomed pan. Put the bay leaf and green cardamom in it, when these change colour the sliced onions in it. Fry till translucent and light pink but not darkening. Add chicken along with the marinade. Stir for a minute then cover and cook on low medium heat till done to taste- stirring once or twice to ensure that it doesn't scald or stick to bottom. Sprinkle a few drops of water if necessary but no more. Sprinkle the lemon juice mix well and serve.
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Sharad Purnima
marks an important day in the Hindu calendar. It is the climax of a
season renowned for festive celebrations and feasts. Before climate
change had blighted our lives sharad ritu was the time of the
year when the skies were azure and cloudless, sun was pleasantly warm
with just a nip of approaching winter in mornings and evenings and no
aid was required to stoke the appetite. In Jaipur, where we were
recently on work, there was a time, we were told, when on this day a
special meal was composed for the royal family when all the delicacies
on the spread were white in complexion. This was presumably to match
the mood of the moonlit night! The diners hosts and guests were
attired in spotless soothing white finery. The recipe of Safed
Murgh has been purloined from the Jaipur repertoire. To be honest
we have tasted Sufiyana Murgh Qorma before in Hyderabad and Chandni
Dum Murgh in Awadh but feel that both are more pretentious and,
dare we add, artificial? Safed Murgh from the Pink City
deserves to be better known. Also, it can be prepared with minimum
fuss and is healthy to boot.
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