Chicken curry with saffron

Murgh kesari

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Floyd's India

By Keith Floyd

Published 2001

  • About

This is a really rich and creamy saffron-flavoured chicken curry. Not a dish for the health conscious!

Ingredients

  • 1 kg/ lb boneless chicken morsels
  • salt
  • lemon juice

Method

  1. Put the chicken in a dish, sprinkle with salt and lemon juice and leave to marinate for 1 hour. Meanwhile, put the cashew nuts in a bowl, pour in enough milk to cover and leave to soak for 1 hour, then transfer to a food processor or blender and purée.
  2. Boil the onions until tender, drain and purée in a food processor or blender.
  3. Heat some ghee or butt