Friday, February 19, 2010

Achari Murgh ~ Chicken in Pickling Spices

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Want really spicy and flavorful and finger licking good chicken? then, this recipe is the one you are looking for. I saw a recipe for Achar Gosht ( Mutton in Pickling Spices) in A Taste of India by Madhur Jaffrey and loved all the spices that go into it. I did not have any lamb/mutton in hand, but as always there was some chicken in the freezer. I kept the chicken breasts out to defrost and finished off some chores I had around the house. As i started making, I experimented with a whole bunch of other different spices that I have previously used in making pickles (this is the Indian style spicy hot pickles I am talking about with cayenne pepper and lots of other spices and oil) and also in making chicken curry at home. So, this recipe is based on the original recipe – a recipe from Bhopal by Madhur Jaffrey but with a lot of modifications from me. Hope you all enjoy it, like how my meat-a-holic did!
A word of caution : It is REALLY hot and spicy! So those with less tolerance for heat, start with spices about less than half of what is given here and work your way up from that.
Achari Murgh

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