Dum Murgh Aatishi Recipe - Spicy Smoked Chicken Recipe
Dum Murgh Aatishi Recipe is a North Indian Style Chicken recipe which has its own unique flavours. On this occasion of Eid this Recipe is sure to please your family and guests. With its versatility, it can be served with steamed rice or parathas and assorted naans too. In this dish, chicken is marinated with spices and cooked to perfection and lastly you give it a dum of coal for its smoky flavour.
Ingredients
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500 grams Chicken
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Boneless
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For marination
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1/2 teaspoon Anardana Powder (Pomegranate Seed Powder)
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2 teaspoons Red Chilli powder
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1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
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1 tablespoon Lemon juice
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Salt
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to taste
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1/2 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
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For the nut paste
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8 Cashew nuts
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1/2 teaspoon Poppy seeds
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1 teaspoon Char Magaz
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1/2 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
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Brown Onion Ginger Garlic Paste
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4 Onions
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chopped
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4 cloves Garlic
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chopped
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1 inch Ginger
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chopped
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Other ingredients
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1 cup Homemade tomato puree
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2 tablespoons Ghee
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2 Dry Red Chillies
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1/2 teaspoons Garam masala powder
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1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
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1 inch Coal
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for dum
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1/2 cup Fresh cream
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Dum Murgh Aatishi Recipe, firstly add 1/2 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, lemon juice, salt to taste, anardana powder, cumin powder and mix everything well
Step 2
Next, add chicken and mix so that the chicken is properly marinated with the masala
Step 3
Cover and keep it aside for 3 to 4 hours for marination
Step 4
Meanwhile add khus khus, cashew nuts, char magaz and fennel seeds in a mixer grinder and make a paste out of it
Step 5
Keep it aside
Step 6
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan
Step 7
Once it is hot, add the ginger garlic and onions and saute until the onions become caramelised
Step 8
Once it gets caramelised, grind to make a smooth paste and keep aside
Step 9
The final step is to make the Dum Murgh Aatishi
Step 10
In a pan; add the ghee and dry red chillies
Step 11
Stir in the brown onion paste, poppy seeds paste, tomato purée, garam masala powder, red chilli powder and keep stirring till oil leave from side
Step 12
This will take about 4 to 5 minutes
Step 13
After 4 to 5 minutes, add in the boneless marinated chicken and let it cook for about 3 to 4 minutes
Step 14
Once the chicken is cooked properly, add in the cream to the chicken mixture
Step 15
After 2 minutes, switch of the heat
Step 16
Heat a coal directly on the gas flame
Step 17
Once it is red, add it in a small bowl
Step 18
Place this bowl in the middle of the heavy bottomed pan of the chicken
Step 19
Put a teaspoon of ghee over the coal and cover the pan
Step 20
The coal will smoke and add the smoky flavor to the chicken
Step 21
Once the smoke has subsided, remove the coal from the bowl and transfer the Dum Murgh Aatishi to a serving bowl
Step 22
Serve Dum Murgh Aatishi along with Garlic Naan, Jeera Rice, Burani Raita and Pudina Pyaz Kachumber Salad for a weekday meal