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COVER STORY | RECIPES

Safed Chicken

Ingredients When ready to make, heat oil in a needed.
• 2 whole chickens, cut into 16 pcs, heavy-bottomed pan over medium Once the chicken is halfway cooked,
washed thoroughly heat. add the prepared paste to the pan.
• 2-3 tsbp oil Add all the whole spices and sauté Mix well and cook for a few minutes.
• 4-5 star anise for a few seconds till fragrant. Season with salt and white pepper.
• 8-10 cloves Add the onion paste to the pan and Lower the heat and cover the pan.
• 2 cinnamon sticks cook, stirring constantly on low flame Cook the chicken until it is tender
• 4 onions, made into a paste till golden brown. and cooked through, stirring
• 4 tbsp ginger-garlic paste Then add the remaining ginger-garlic occasionally. Be careful as the paste
• 4 tbsp each magaz (melon seeds) paste and sauté till its raw smell starts sticking to the pan easily, so
& khus khus (poppy seeds), soaked disappears. keep stirring at occasional intervals;
together in warm water for 10 Now add the marinated chicken to however, do this carefully as you
minutes. the pan. Cook on high heat for 2-3 don’t want to break the pieces of
• salt to taste minutes to seal in the juices of the chicken.
• white pepper powder to taste chicken. Once the chicken is cooked, transfer
Method Meantime, in a blender, make a to a serving bowl and garnish with
Marinate the chicken with some salt, smooth paste of the soaked poppy freshly chopped coriander leaves.
white pepper and 1 tbsp of ginger- & melon seeds along with the water Enjoy your delicious Safed Chicken!
garlic paste, ideally the night before. it is soaked in. Add more water if

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