Chicken Noorjahani

What we need:

Chicken

Salt

Turmeric powder
Pepper powder

Star anise

Clove

Cardamom

Cinnamon stick

Ginger garlic paste
Sliced onions

Bay leaf

Whipped curd

Milk

Kesar

Fennel seeds

Green chillies

Ghee

How we make it:

Clean the chicken properly and marinade with salt, turmeric powder and pepper powder for sometime. Then make a paste of green chillies, ginger, garlic, fennel seeds with a little water. Add the paste to the chicken and prick the meat for the flavor to sink in. Add whipped curd to the chicken and leave it to marinate for 3 hours at least. Heat the ghee in a pan, add the bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom and star anise into it.  After that add sliced onions and saute on high flame till they turn golden- brown. In another pan, warm the milk, add the saffron, stir gently and keep aside. Add the marinated chicken to the sauteed onions. Let it cook on high flame for 5-6 minutes. When the chicken is almost done, pour the milk into the chicken and cook on low flame for 30-40 mins.serve hot with roti or chapati.