Nihari Recipe

Put green and black cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, poppy seeds, cumin seeds, ginger powder, coriander seeds, and fennel seeds in blender and make a fine powder

Heating up 4tbsp oil in a deep bottom pan

Add the chicken pieces when the oil is hot enough

Add the ginger and garlic paste and mix it

Put red chili powder and mix well

Put salt as per taste

Now add the already made masala powder

Pour 6 cups of water

Mix altogether well

Lower the heat of the oven

Cover the pan with lid

Cook the chicken in the liquid for 2 hours

After 2 hours the chicken are almost done

To thicken the gravy makes a mixture with corn flour and water

Add the mixture gently and mix it

In the same time heating up 2tbsp oil in a pan

Add the chopped onions and fry them till they turn golden brown

Now add them with the chicken gravy

Garnish it with thinly sliced ginger

Sprinkle little bit of green chili pepper over it

Add lime juice now

Nichari is ready now

Try it with tandoori roti or naan