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Kokur Yakhni

Chicken cooked with aromatic served with tempering. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Kokur Yakhni
Main Ingredients Chicken, Fennel seed (saunf) powder
Cuisine Persian
Course Main Course Chicken
Prep Time 6-10 minutes
Cook time 16-20 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Kokur Yakhni

  • 750 grams Chicken
  • 1 tablespoon Fennel seed (saunf) powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon Dry ginger powder (soonth)
  • 2-3 Bay leaves
  • 3 Green cardamoms
  • 2 inch piece Cinnamon
  • 3 Cloves
  • a pinch Asafoetida
  • to taste Salt
  • 2 1/2 cups Yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon Refined flour (maida)
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee
  • 1 teaspoon Caraway seeds (shahi jeera)

Method

  1. Cut the chicken into one inch sized pieces.
  2. Place chicken, fennel powder, dry ginger powder, bay leaves, green cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, asafoetida and salt in the pressure cooker.
  3. Add one cup of water and cook till chicken is tender and the liquid has dried up. Whisk the yogurt with refined flour and add slowly to the chicken. Stir constantly.
  4. Simmer for fifteen minutes or till gravy thickens. Prepare a tempering with ghee and caraway seeds and pour over chicken. Serve hot.

Nutrition Info

Calories 987
Carbohydrates 20.5
Protein 211.2
Fat 40.3
Other Fiber Calcium- 987.6mg
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