Free Recipe @ Pakistani Khanay | Pakistani Cooking | Pakistani Food Recipes: Chicken with peas (Chicken, Poultry مرغ روغن)

Chicken with peas: Submitted by: Jaweria | Date Added: 22 Oct 2009
Listed in: Chicken, Poultry مرغ روغن

1 chicken, disjointed.
3 big tomatoes, blanched and diced.
2 medium onions, minced. 4 flakes garlic.
1 inch piece ginger.
1 tblsp. Each of garam masala and ground cumin seeds.
250 grams shelled peas.
2 hard boiled eggs. Shelled and quartered.
4 green chillies. Slitted.
Handful of sliced coriander leaves.
Salt and chilli powder to taste.
1 inch piece cinnamon stick.
4 cloves.
2 big and 2 small cardamoms.

Grind cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms to a paste. Apply on the chicken pieces with salt and set aside for 2 hours, then steam the chicken till tender. Cool, remove the bones and cut the chicken into long slices. Grind garlic and ginger to a paste. Heat 4 tblsps. Ghee and fry onion, garlic and ginger paste to a golden brown colour. Add tomatoes and all the spices and salt and ½ tsp. Turmeric powder and cook till the ghee floats to the top. Mix in the water in which the chicken was steamed and peas. Cover and cook till the peas are almost. Done. Mix in chicken slices and green chillies and continue cooking till the peas are done. Serve hot. Garnished with quartered eggs and sprinkled with coriander leaves and garam masala

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