Mughlai Zafrani Chicken

Make this rich and creamy Mughlai Zafrani Chicken for festivals and special occasions, which has cashews, saffron and fried onions as its key ingredients. Here is how to make it.

Try a few more of my North Indian chicken recipes, that will surely satiate your taste buds – Indian Tomato Chicken Curry, Butter Chicken, Chicken Curry, Dhaba Style Chicken Curry, Achari Chicken Curry and Kadai Chicken.

About This Recipe

Zafrani Chicken, traditionally known as Zafrani Murgh is a popular recipe from Mughlai cuisine. Chicken is cooked in a rich and creamy gravy prepared with ghee, saffron, cashews, fried onions and spices.

It is quite royal and can be prepared for festivals, dinner parties and special occasions. Serve it with Naan, Tandoori Roti, Lachha Paratha or a flavourful Dry Fruits Pulao for a satisfying meal.

Ingredients

Chicken – Use bone in chicken pieces for this royal recipe. The bone in pieces soaks up the flavours nicely and makes the curry taste even better.

Saffron – Adds a rich flavour along with beautiful orangish hue to the curry.

Fried Onions – Use of fried onions gives the curry a darkish brown colour and also makes it richer.

Cashews – Cashews are soaked for a few minutes before grinding along with fried onions. Use of cashews makes the curry richer and creamier.

Curd – Use fresh curd and make sure it’s not sour.

Whole spices – Addition of whole spices such as black cardamom, green cardamom, black peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon in hot oil infuses a beautiful flavour in the curry.

Spice powders – It uses basic spice powders such as Kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt.

Ghee & Oil – I use ghee and oil both, but you can make it only ghee as well. Do not skip ghee as it is an important ingredients in this royal curry.

Others – Ginger garlic paste, kewra essence and cardamom powder are other few ingredients that adds a royal taste in the Zafrani chicken.

Serving Suggestions

Zafrani Chicken can be served along with Indian breads such as phulka, naan, tandoori roti, tawa paratha or lachha paratha. A delicious pulao like peas pulao, Kashmiri pulao or jeera rice would also be a great accompaniment with this rich chicken curry.

Storing Suggestions

Zafrani Chicken will last for 2-3 days in a clean and dry air tight container. Reheat in a pan or microwave before serving. Add in some hot water to adjust the consistency, if you fee the curry has thickened after refrigeration.