Persian Walnut Pomegranate Chicken

Walnut Pomegranate Chicken is a popular Middle Eastern Chicken dish where Chicken is cooked in a gravy flavored with walnuts and pomegranate molasses. Here is how to make it.

Walnut Pomegranate Chicken is a delicious curry based dish that we had eaten some months back in a restaurant. It is a Middle Eastern dish that completely tickles your taste buds.

Loaded with the goodness of walnuts and pomegranate, Walnut Pomegranate Chicken has a slightly tangy and sweet taste from the pomegranate and goes very well with Zeera Rice on the side. I made this dish for a project some time back and loved it so much that had to prepare it again and share it with my growing Whisk Affair Community.

I made pomegranate molasses from scratch, but if you are pressed due to time, you can buy a readymade version as well.

The flavour of this Chicken is so unique that you would take some time to soak it in! The moment you fully experience the culinary charisma, I am sure you would feel like savouring it again and again.

Walnut powder and the pomegranate molasses not only make the gravy of this dish thicker but they even grant it a unique flavour which I am sure many of you must not have tasted! Serve luscious Walnut Pomegranate Chicken with rice or Laccha Parathas, the choice is yours. Your loved ones are sure to admire and yearn for this Middle Eastern motley!

Walnut Pomegranate Chicken

Recipe to make Pomegranate Molasses is Here.

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Walnut Pomegranate Chicken

Walnut Pomegranate Chicken is a popular Middle Eastern Chicken dish where Chicken is cooked in a gravy flavored with walnuts and pomegranate molasses.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mediterranean

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 775 kcal

Author Neha Mathur

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Oil
• 2 cups Onion Thinly Sliced
• 1 kg Chicken Curry Cut
• 1/2 cup Walnut
• 2 cups Chicken Stock
• 1 cup Pomegranate Molasses
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon Powder
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg Powder
• 2 tsp Parsley Chopped
• 2 tbsp Pomegranate Seeds

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan.

2. Add onion and fry till translucent.

3. Add chicken and fry on high heat for 3-4 minutes.

4. Meanwhile dry roast the walnuts in a pan till slightly browned.

5. Blend in a blender to make powder.

6. Add walnut powder, chicken stock, pomegranate molasses, salt, black pepper, cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder and cover and cook till chicken is cooked and the gravy thickens.

7. Add little water if required.

8. Garnish the chicken with parsley and pomegranate seeds.

9. Serve hot with rice.

Nutrition Facts

Walnut Pomegranate Chicken

Amount Per Serving

Calories 775 Calories from Fat 387

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 43g 66%

Saturated Fat 7g 35%

Cholesterol 93mg 31%

Sodium 281mg 12%

Potassium 574mg 16%

Total Carbohydrates 69g 23%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 43g

Protein 28g 56%

Vitamin A 3.4%

Vitamin C 10.7%

Calcium 5.8%

Iron 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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