Murg Jalfrazi

Serves 4-5
9” round, 3” deep dish with cover
1 chicken (1 kg)- cut into 8 pieces
2 tbsp oil
1 medium onion
2-3 flakes garlic
5 large tomatoes
2 ½” piece ginger
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp jeera (cumin) powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp haldi
½ tsp pepper (optional)
Juice of ½ lemon
2 capsicums – cut into strips
1 cup cream or malai

1.Grind together onion & garlic to a paste.
2.Puree tomatoes & ginger together in a mixer.
3.In the dish, addoil, onion-garlic paste & haldi. Micro high uncovered 6 minutes.
4.Add chicken and capsicum. Add all other ingredients (pureed tomatoes, all the spices & juice of lemon) except cream.
5.Mix well. Micro high covered 5 minutes.
6.Add cream. Mix. Micro high covered 3 minutes.
7.Let stand 2 minutes. Mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves & garam masala. Serve hot.

Note: For less gravy, reduce tomatoes to half i.e. 2 ½ tomatoes.

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