Hyderabadi Dum Chicken

Dum the word itself says the item is cooked in closed air tight packed vessel. It taste great, it best goes with Hyderabadi Dum Biriyani. It takes only few simple steps to prepare this form of chicken.

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken (500gms).

Curd (300gms).
Chopped and brown fried onions (1 cup).
Salt to taste.
Cashew paste (2 TBs).
Coriander powder (1 Tsp).
Red chilli powder (1 Tsp).
Turmeric powder (1 Tsp).
Kashmiri mirch powder (1 Tsp).
Ginger paste (1 Tsp).
Garlic paste (1/2 Tsp).
Garam masala powder (combination on cardamom, cinnamon, clove, brown cardamom, shahi jeera).
Mace and Nutmeg powder (1 Tsp).
Meetha Attar (2-3 drops).
Ghee (2 TBs).
Mint leaves, Coriander leaves.

PROCEDURE:
Take a big vessel and marinate washed chicken pieces with curd, crispy brown fried onions, salt, chilli powder, coriander powder, cashew paste, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala powder, mace and nutmeg powder,lemon juice and let it aside atleast for 3-4 hours.
Later take the marinated  big vessel add ghee to it, and whole garam masala, to marinated chicken, add mint leaves, meetha attar and close the lid, airtight it with kneaded wheat flour.
Cook in simmer mode for 35-45minutes.
Off the flame but do not immediately remove the lid, shake the container and open it after after few minutes.
Check whether chicken is cooked or not, but by now chicken will be cooked in dum, add extra ghee for taste if required, garnish, serve it with biriyani, roti, paratha or naan.
Enjoy and relish its awesome taste.