Kasuri Methi Murg – Fenugreek Chicken Recipe

On By MeghaIn Food

Over the years of my experimenting in the kitchen, I have developed few personal standards to asses my performance.

For non-vegetarian dishes with gravy, the rule of thumb is that the spices and the protein (the main ingredient of any non-vegetarian dish) should be roasted well to allow the aromatic components of the recipe seep deep into the protein and the oil leaves the sides of the pan.

Kasuri Methi Murg – Fenugreek Chicken 

Methi Murg ~ Fenugreek Chicken with gravy

Difficulty level: Easy

Ingredients:

  • Chicken – 1 kg
  • Vegetable oil or Olive Oil – 4 to 5 tbsp (don’t shy off from adding that much oil, else you’ll never get the final, warm color of the spices, irrespective of the amount of chili powder you put in)
  • Cloves – 2
  • Cardamoms -3 (remove the seeds from the pod and crush them well)
  • Cinnamon – 2 pieces (approximately 3 cm each)
  • Black Cardamom – 1
  • Black peppercorns -4
  • Bay leaves -2
  • Turmeric powder – 1 Tsp
  • Red chili powder -1 tsp (you can adjust it to your personal preference of how hot you like your food)
  • Garam Masala powder 1/2 Tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Garlic – 6 cloves
  • Ginger – about 2 inch
  • Onion – 4 to 5 medium-sized
  • Tomato – 5
  • yogurt – 3 tablespoon (you can use the one set at home or the Greek yogurt)
  • Dried Fenugreek leaves (you can get the Kasoori Methi from the market or dry a few bunches of fresh fenugreek leaves in shade. They smell superb and can be conveniently stored for up to a year)

Method:

  • Clean, skin and thoroughly wash the chicken pieces and set aside.
  • Finely dice 2 cloves of garlic, half of the ginger and one onion and set aside to fry them.
  • Make a fine paste of the remaining cloves of garlic, ginger, onions and tomatoes in a mixer or food processor. You can also use tomato puree.
  • Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan or wok. Add the bay leaves, cloves, crushed cardamom seeds, black pepper, black cardamom and cinnamon.
  • Now add the finely diced ginger, garlic and onion and let them saute till onion pieces get tender and transparent.
  • To this add the ginger, garlic, onion, tomato paste.
  • Now add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder.
  • Let the masala mix well and simmer on a medium flame. Remember to stir often and cook for five minutes.
  • Now add the Chicken pieces to the prepared masala and let it cook for 20 minutes. Stir with a gentle hand at regular intervals till the chicken is tender and the masala leaves oil at sides of the pan. Add very little water if the mixture starts sticking to the bottom of the pan.
  • Once the oil leaves the sides of the pan, add the yoghurt and cook for the next ten minutes with constant stirring to avoid the masala from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
  • Now add water to adjust the amount of gravy you like (more if you’d like to eat it with rice).
  • Let it simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Once ready (always check whether the chicken is tender), crush the dry fenugreek leaves in between your palms and garnish generously.
  • Immediately place the lid to avoid the aroma of the fenugreek from escaping.
  • Serve hot with rice or naan or chapati.

It is one of my personal favourites that I have successfully cooked for a wide variety of people.

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47 thoughts on “Kasuri Methi Murg – Fenugreek Chicken Recipe”

  1. Yum!!! That looks so delicious! I so wish I could cook non-veg- for some weird reason, I love eating chicken, but cannot cook it- I find it tough to handle uncooked meat, I think..

    But this looks abs yum!

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  2. Oye…i prepared it on 26th jan for the 1st time following Sanjeev Kapoor’s website…it turned out really yummy….bit variation though…marinated the chicken in yogurt & added fresh chopped methi leaves while cooking the chicken…rest is all same….. 🙂

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    1. Either buy Kasoori methi Or else dry a bunch of fresh fenugreek from the herbs section. Spread the leaves on an old newspaper in shade and they’ll be dried and ready in two days flat 😀

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  4. Bikram

    oooh that is yummy yummmy .. so tonight this is gonna be made for sure .. I am sure i have all the ingrediatnts .. lovely jubley

    more more more .. how about some mutton 🙂

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  6. Ok now all I want is thin-thin chapatis, sliced onion with lemon squeezed on it, and a bowlful of this curry! Bliss! Add funny company and a glass of JD with coke and that is what I’d call a little heaven on earth! I will definitely make it this weekend and let you know how it turned out(or I might just show this post to AB :P). In any case I am having it!

    The methi chicken I make has a cream base instead of a tomato one. It turns out fab too but this variation looks very tempting 🙂

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    1. Sounds awesome…I like the idea of showing the recipe to AB 😉 😉
      As far the cream base…I make Mughlai chicken and Butter chicken that way 😀
      Give it a shot and let me know how it turned out 😀

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      1. Made it! 😀
        It turned out simply superb! And it was a breeze to make. With AB’s grandmom’s home made garam masala, it became a more brownish-orange than reddish-orange, nevertheless a very rich colour and mind-blowing taste. Which tempts me to think of special recipes for (almost)every weekend. Wanna start something – recipe exchange kind of a thing?

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  11. You are on a roll babes. Keep them coming. I am tempted big time with the drool worthy pics.

    Era, Fenugreek and Chicken are match made in heaven na? I have a Methi Murg recipe in my blog which also turns out yummy. I’m gonna try this one next time I cook Chicken 😀

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    1. You’re the one who made this possible….I am actually gonna try dishes out of that yummy blog of yours…loved it!!
      Do let me know how this version turned out for you 😀

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  12. I am a pure vegetarian but the pictures are so yummy!!!!!

    And I have been reading your blog since yesterday and I am amazed with your grit & strength!!!

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  13. Oh damn!! This is too yummy! That reminds me, we need to get a mixer soon!!
    Our kitchen is too small and it’s already cramped. A mixer will be the height of things!! 😛

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  16. yummy!! unfortunately I dont eat/cook non veg, but I will pass on the recipe to the husband. He is an avid non-veggie eater and cook!
    Do you think substituting chicken with potatoes will work for me?

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