MUGHALAI CHICKEN

This is my version of mughalai chicken and my family and friends love it.So here I'm sharing this recipe.....

Ingredients:

1. 8 pieces of bone-in chicken breast-thigh & drumstick combined or any one of your choice,it should not be boneless.
2. 1/4 cup yogurt.
3. ginger-garlic -green chilli paste 2 tsp.
4. 1 small and 2 medium size onions.
5. 2 boiled eggs.
6. 1 tsp.roasted chana
7. 2 strands saffron soaked in 1 tsp. milk.
8. 3 whole red chilli
9. 3 black cardamom
10. 3 cloves
11. 1/2' cinnamon
12. 1/2 mace
13. 3 kabobchini
14. 1/2 tsp. shahjeera
15. oil,mustard oil 2tbsp. & 1 tbsp. ghee
16. 2 tsp. red chilli powder
17. 1 tsp. corriander powder
18. water
19. salt
20. (1 tsp. chironjee,2 tsp. grated coconut or coconut powder,3 almonds,1 tsp. poppy seeds,1 tbsp. cashew,2 green cardamom,1 black cardamom,1 clove,a tiny piece of cinnamon and roasted chana.....grind these in coffee grinder and keep aside.)

Procedure:

1. In a nonstick pan with lid,heat oil.
2. When it's hot,throw bay leaf and whole spices.
3. Add 1 thinly sliced small onion and saute it till pink.
4. Add marinated chicken pieces(chicken marinated for half an hour in yogurt,ginger-garlic-green chilli paste & salt).
5. Also add red chilli powder,corriander powder and salt.
6. Roughly chop rest of the onions and throw them in.
7. Cover and cook stirring occasionally.
8. When it's tender and done,it will leave oil.
9. uncover and bhuno on slow heat.
10. Add ghee and saffron milk.
11. After 5 minutes,sprinkle grind nuts-spice mixture and 1/2 cup of water.
12. Cook for 3-4 minutes and just add eggs cut inti halves.
13. Cover.Turn off the heat.
14. Serve with nan or chapatis and plain rice.