How To Make Murg Do Pyaza At Home

Chicken Do Pyaza Recipe

Murg do Pyaza is a popular dish among non vegetarian lovers. Do Pyaza does not mean that just two onions are used in the dish. It is the way of using two types of onions. One is chopped and other is diced. It is a dish with unique flavors.Marination of chicken for overnight enhances the flavors more.

Ingredients

For marination

Chicken  half kg

Ginger garlic paste 2 tbs

Red chilly powder 1 ts

Cumin powder half ts

Coriander powder 1 ts

Mustard oil 2 tbs

Salt as per taste

Marinate chicken with all these spices for at least 1 hour (if you have time then marinate 12 hours before)

For Masala

Onion chopped  2 no

Onions diced 1 no (cut onions in cubes and separate all bulbs of onions)

Tomatoes chopped finely or puree 3-4 nos

Curd  half cup

Coriander powder  2 tbs

Red chily powder  1 tbs

Turmeric  half tbs

Garlic chopped  1 tbs

Ginger paste  1ts

Dry Fenugreek leaves (Kasuri methi)  2 tbs

Garam masala  1-1/2 tbs ( mix of 2 green cardamoms, 5 cloves, 1  half inch cinnamon stick, 6-8 pepper corns, nut meg  powder a pinch, 1 black cardamom )

Salt as per taste

Desi ghee  3-4 tbs

Cream  half cup

Mint leaves  2 tbs

Coriander leaves  2 tbs

Tej patta  2 nos

Water half cup

Method

•  Heat ghee in a pan. Add tej patta. Add chopped  garlic and onions and saute them to get them sweat. Add tomatoes too and let them cook till become soft.

•  Put marinated chicken and cook till it becomes brown in colour(Don't over stir chicken otherwise it will break). Add ginger paste too

• Add all dry powder masale and curd  to it(While adding curd continuously stir it otherwise it will get curdled).

• When curd separates from ghee add onions cut into bulbs. Add half cup of water. Mix all well and cook for 2-3 minutes. So that all flavors sticks to chicken.

• Now heat cream in another pan (Don't boil) and add mint leaves, fenugreek leaves and coriander leaves. Mix all well. Pour this mixture on chicken while serving in a bowl.