Nizami Chicken Recipe

Chicken Nizami is a mouthwatering dish with flavors of Indian spices and the goodness of chicken. It has flavorsome gravy that is cooked with cashew nuts, cinnamon, poppy seeds, coconut, and aromatic spices, then garnished with cream, saffron, and coriander this really makes it a rich creamy chicken dish that you must try.

Ingredients:

• 500 gm chicken

• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

• 2 bay leaf

• 4 tablespoon ghee

• 4 spice clove

• 1/2 cup onion

• 2 teaspoon garlic paste

• 1 teaspoon red chili powder

• 2 teaspoon fresh cream

• salt as required

• 2 tablespoon cashews

• 1 teaspoon peppercorns

• 2 teaspoon turmeric

• 3 Kashmiri red chili

• 1 pinches cinnamon

• 2 teaspoon ginger paste

• 5 tablespoon yogurt (curd)

• 1/2 cup coconut cream

• 4 sprigs coriander leaves

Recipe:

• Step 1 Wash the chicken and prepare a powdered masala

           Start by washing the chicken pieces thoroughly with fresh water and pat them dry. Now, add cashews, red chilies, poppy seeds, turmeric powder, and salt to a grinder and grind a fine powder.

•  Step 2 Prepare the curry paste

Add oil to a pan and add the ginger-garlic paste to it. Saute until it cooks and add the chopped onions. Saute for a minute and add in the bay leaf and cook until it becomes fragrant. Now add in the chicken pieces and cook them with the onions.

• Step 3 Add the yogurt, simmer and serve!

           At this point, add the yogurt and once it combines with the pieces, add in your red chili powder, coconut milk cream, and salt to season. Cook the chicken covered for at least 10-15 min. Turn the flame off, garnish with coriander and fresh cream. Serve with hot Rotis!