Name: Chicken Mugalai
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 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 (As reqd); Salt (As reqd); 2 nos Boiled eggs (chopped length-wise); 5 nos Green chillies (chopped length wise); 1 no Lemon (chopped in circles)

Chicken Mugalai

Chicken Mugalai

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Prep Time 45

Total Time 45

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

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 As reqd
Salt As reqd
2 nos Boiled eggs chopped length-wise
5 nos Green chillies chopped length wise
1 no Lemon chopped in circles

Instructions

Blend well together dry red chillies, garlic, ginger, turmeric powder, 2 tsp of curd and salt, in a mixer grinder.
Cut chicken into pieces of appx. 1.5 inch length.
Marinate the chicken pieces in the blended mixture for 1 hour.
Heat 2 tsp of dalda in a frying pan.
Add onions and fry, till they turn brown. Keep them aside.
Fry chopped potaoes in the same pan with remaining dalda (add more if required). Keep the fried potato pieces aside.
In a separate pan, heat dalda and add the marinated chicken pieces, fried onions, fried potatoes and stir well for 15 minutes.
By this time, chicken would be half cooked.
Add powdered cashews and the remaining curd along with 2 cups of water and allow it to boil, till chicken is fully cooked.
Garnish with eggs, lemon pieces and green chillies.