Mughlai Style Chicken Changezi Recipe

Total Time: 60 minutes

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

To begin making the Chicken Changezi recipe, pat dry the chicken well after cleaning and prick it with a fork
This helps in getting the marinade deep inside chicken
To marinate the chicken , in a mixing bowl, combine the chicken along with dahi, ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, cumin powder, salt, turmeric powder, kasturi methi, kashmiri red chili powder, and marinade for 3-4 hours
Now bake chicken at 180?C for 30-40 minutes according to the size of the chicken pieces
Burn a small piece of charcoal on the direct flame
Place your chicken in a dish, once it is cooked
In the middle place a katori
Put the blazing charcoal in that katori and pour ghee over it
Cover and let it rest till all the smoke is infused in the chicken
This will give you a smoky flavor to chicken
Now, for the gravy, heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan
Add the ginger garlic and cook for about 30 seconds or till the raw smell disappears
Add tomato puree and masala gravy of onions
Cook until all comes together (about 2-3 minutes)
Add salt, red chilli powder and baked chicken
Now cook for 5-7 minutes so that gravy is well absorbed by chicken
In the end simply add the cream, mix and serve
Garnish with coriander leaves
Serve Chicken Changezi along with Garlic Naan or Jeera Rice and Pickled Onions for a soulful meal followed by a dessert of Malpua With Rose And Saffron Syrup Recipe