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Murgh Cholay Recipe

Murgh Cholay is a famous Lahori breakfast recipe. People like to have Murgh Cholay with Kandhari Naan and Parathas. It is a two in one Pakistan recipe that is popular curry dish and people love to eat it in dinner. You can try this recipe of Murgh Cholay in home and make your love ones happy.

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Faryal Shaik from Karachi

Ingredients

1 1/2 Kg Chicken pieces
1 cup Chickpeas
1 cup Oil
2 Finely chopped onions
3 Tomatoes
1 tsp Ground white cumin
1 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp All spice powder
1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp Red chili powder
1 tbsp Finely chopped ginger
1/2 tsp Soda bi carbonate
2 tbsp Yellow lentils
as required Salt

Method

Heat oil in a large skillet and fry the onions till golden brown.Now add the chicken and cook until the water (left by the chicken) dries. Add the ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chili powder, all spice powder and salt. Fry on a low flame.
Drain the water from the soaked chickpeas. Again add 2 -3 glasses of water along with the yellow lentils. Boil the chickpeas and lentils in a saucepan. Add the soada bicarbonate and cook until the chickpeas are tender.
Add the chickpeas along with the chopped tomatoes into the pan of chicken. Add 2 cups of water and cook until the mixture begins to boil.
Lastly add the chopped ginger and white cumin.Cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until the oil forms a sepeatte layer on top.
Serve with warm naans.

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Reviews & Discussions

Murgh Cholay recipe is easy and healthy to make, this the dish of Lahori people they like to have it with Naan in the morning and I want to have it with my handmade Chapati. Chicken with Chickpeas are great dish so I will try this recipe in home.

Waleeja Khan, Rawalpindi
Fri 05 Jun, 2015

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Aysha gul, Islamabad
Tue 23 Jul, 2013