Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg | Garlic flavoured spicy chicken | Lasooni Murg | Recipe of chicken lahsooni | How to make chicken in garlic flavored curry with step by step instructions

Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg | Garlic flavoured spicy chicken | Lasooni Murg is a delicious chicken curry where boiled chicken cubes are cooked in a onion, tomato and yogurt based garlic flavored gravy along with some basic spices.

While I love to make variety of chicken recipes like Zero oil chicken in pressure cooker, Chicken tikka masala, Chicken in chocolate mole, Chicken cutlets, and Chicken seekh Kabab.

These few are popular dishes on the restaurant menu that I have recreated at home and loved by my folks. So this time I wanted to try a different flavour for chicken and what could be better than Garlic flavour.

Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg | Garlic flavoured spicy chicken | Lasooni Murg, a perfect weekend meal

Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg or garlic flavored chicken curry is cooked in a onion tomato and yoghurt based gravy with some basic spices.

This basic gravy(sauce) is known as mother of all the sauces as for most of the dishes in restaurants are prepared using this and added to a variety of side dishes also.

This makes for a quick weekend lunch or dinner especially on days when you don’t want to cook something elaborate.

In addition to that the gravy paste for this can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge. Just add boiled pieces of chicken and you are done.

Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg, wonderful combination of flavours

An incredible combination of  protein packed chicken, pungent Garlic, flavourful dry Fenugreek leaves/ Kasuri Methi  in a creamy yogurt gravy, this will surely tantalize your taste buds.

Garlic and kasuri methi/ fenugreek leaves lends a beautiful flavour to this chicken curry that you would love to make again and again.

With strong garlic flavour and spices, this chicken recipe is a must try. Pair this with steamed rice or roti/chapati.

Step by step instructions and pictorial presentation to make Chicken Lahsooni

Boil the chicken pieces with salt . Reserve the water and keep aside.

Boil poppy seeds, cashew nuts, almonds, melon seeds into the hot water for around 30 minutes. Keep aside to cool.

Once it cool down grind it in the blender to make a fine paste. To this add fried onions and grind again.

After that, heat oil in a pan add whole garam masala like cloves, cardamom, bay leaves and cinnamon stick.

Saute well and add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder. Saute this till raw flavor is gone.

Next add tomato puree, one green chilly and cook. Once the tomamto puree is cooked well
then add prepared paste of nuts & onion.

Add basic spices like coriander powder, chili powder, salt, add little water and keep stirring constantly.

At this time add curd and keep the flame on low. Now add boiled chicken pieces, cover with lid let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes in a slow flame.
In the last add crushed kasuri methi.

For the tadka/tempring

Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add garlic and fry till they turn light brown.

Pour the tadka over the chicken curry. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot

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Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg | Garlic flavoured spicy chicken | Lasooni Murg

Chicken Lahsooni | Lahsuni Murg | Garlic flavoured spicy chicken | Lasooni Murg is a delicious chicken curry where boiled chicken cubes are cooked in a yogurt based garlic flavored gravy along with some basic spices.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time50 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Chicken Lahsooni, Garlic flavored spicy chicken, Lahsooni murg, Lahsuni murg

Servings: 2

Author: Lata Lala

Ingredients

• Fried onions 1/2 cup
• Melon seeds 1 tsp
• Poppy seeds 1 tsp
• Almonds 6
• Cashew nuts 6
• Oil 3 tsp
• Bay leaf 1
• Cinnamon sticks 1
• Cardamom 1 piece
• Cloves 3
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Chili powder 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Ginger 1/2 inch
• Garlic paste 2 tsp
• Green chili 1
• Tomato puree 1+1/2 tsp
• Curd 3 tablespoons
• Chicken 200 grams
• Kasuri methi 1 tbsp
• Fresh coriander leaves to garnish

For tadka/tempering

• Oil 1 tsp
• Garlic cloves 6

Instructions

• Boil the chicken pieces with salt . Reserve the water and keep aside.
• Boil poppy seeds, cashew nuts, almonds, melon seeds into the hot water for around 30 minutes. Keep aside to cool.
• Once it cool down grind it in the blender to make a fine paste. To this add fried onions and grind again.
• After that, heat oil in a pan add whole garam masala like cloves, cardamom, bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
• Saute well and add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder. Saute this till raw flavor is gone.
• Next add tomato puree, one green chilly and cook. Once the tomamto puree is cooked well
• then add prepared paste of nuts & onion.
• Add basic spices like coriander powder, chili powder, salt, add little water and keep stirring constantly.
• At this time add curd and keep the flame on low. Now add boiled chicken pieces, cover with lid let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes in a slow flame.
• In the last add crushed kasuri methi.

For tadka/tempering

• Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add garlic and fry till they turn light brown.
• Pour the tadka over the chicken curry. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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