Name: Murgh Navrattan
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 10 Almonds; 1 stick Cinnamon (1-inch); 20 g/2 Tbs Melon seeds; 1 Bay Leaf; 10 Cashewnuts; 10 Walnut halves; 1 Black Cardamom; 120 ml/½ cup Cream; 40 g/¼ cup Cashewnuts; 40 g/¼ cup Almonds; 20 g/2 Tbs Poppy seeds; 3 g/½ tsp Mace and Green Cardamom powder; 10 Pine Nuts; 10 g/1 Tbs Raisins; 350 g/1½ cups Yoghurt; A pinch Mace; 5 Green Cardamom; 150 g/¾ cup Ghee; Whole Garam Masala; Salt; 200 g/¼ cups Onions; 10 g/1 Tbs Melon seeds; 10 g/1 Tbs Sunflower seeds; 10 g/1 Tbs Watermelon seeds; 1.2 kg/2⅔ lb Chicken (2 birds); 15 Pistachio; 10 g/1 Tbs Ginger; 4 Green Chillies; 10 g/2 tsp Red Chilli powder; 5 Cloves

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 35

Appears in

Prashad

By J. Inder Singh Kalra

Published 1990

About

A delicacy for rare occasions, Murgh Navrattan is mild—but ‘heavy’. It has a thick, creamy gravy flavoured with mace and cardamom The original navrattan—nine jewels—were the incomparable courtiers of the Great Mughal, Akbar. This dish, named after them, is an eloquent tribute to the Emperor’s nobles.