Chicken Nihari

Chicken stew, very tasty and high in colestrol

Ingredients:
Chicken 1.5 kg
Clarified butter 1 cup heaped
Water 8 cups
All purpose flour ½ cup
Wheat flour ½ cup
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp heaped
Salt 2 tsp
Chili powder 3 tsp heaped
For Nihari Spice:
Cinnamon sticks 6 pieces
Black cardamom 6
Green cardamom 12
Black pepper ½ cup
Fennel seeds ½ cup
Poppy seeds ½ cup
Cloves 2 tbsp
Mace 2 tbsp
Dry ginger powder 2 tbsp
Chili powder 4 tbsp

Preparation:
For Nihari Spice:
Finely grind together cinnamon sticks, cardamoms, green cardamoms, black pepper, fennel seeds, roasted gram, poppy seeds, cloves, mace, dry ginger powder and chili powder
Put in an air tight jar and use as required

Janhi Posta

Ridge gourd cooked with poppy paste

Ingredients:

Ridge gourd ( cut into large chunks, 1 1/2 cups )

potato ( cut into thin slices, 1/3 cup )

onion ( 1 small )

red chillis ( 2 nos )

garlic cloves ( 1-2 nos )

poppy seeds ( 1 tsp )

coriander seeds ( 1/5 tsp )

fennel seeds ( 1/5 tsp )

turmeric ( 1 pinch )

oil ( 2-3 tsp)

cumin seeds ( a pinch )

salt

Preparation:

Grind the poppy seeds without water to crush them.

Add the garlic cloves along with a little water and grind for 5 secs to get into a coarse paste.