Ahilya Fort Chicken Survedar

Another of my favourite recipes from Cooking of the Maharajas by Prince Richard Holkar

Ahilya Fort Chicken Survedar

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

28

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

20

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 1kg (2 ¼lb) organic chicken cut into 5cm (2 inch) pieces with bone in

  • 6 tbsp clarified ghee/butter

  • 1 onion, finely chopped

  • 2 tbsp ginger paste (45g)

  • 2 tbsp garlic paste (45g – approx. 1 bulb of garlic)

  • 1 tbsp poppy seeds

  • ¼ tbsp turmeric powder

  • 1 ½ tbsp freshly ground black pepper

  • 2 tsp salt – may need more

  • 450ml (16fl oz) coconut milk

  • 10 – 12 cashew nuts, coarsely chopped

  • fresh coriander

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