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Chicken Nizami

Ingredients
- 2 Inch Piece Of Cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp Hot Milk
- 1/4 Cup Oil
- 1 Medium Onion Chopped
- 1 Tsp Ginger / Garlic Paste
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1 & 1/2 Kg Chicken Cut Into 8 Pieces
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 4 Green Chillies
- 1/4 Cup Soconut Soaked In 1/2 A Cup Of Hot Water
- coriander Leaves Roughly Chopped
- 4 Tbsp Yoghurt Whipped
- 1/4 Tsp Saffron
- 4 Tbsp Cream Whipped
- grind All:
- 1 Tsp Cummin Seeds
- 1 Tsp Poppy Seeds
- 3 Cardamoms
- 4 Cloves
- 10 Dried Red Chillies
- 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Dessicated

Instructions

Put together all the ingredients from the cummin seeds to the cinnamon nad grind to afine paste. Extract the milk from the soaked coconut ands ser aside. Heat the saffronfor 2 seconds in the microwave or on a girddle, crush it, and soak it in the hot milk.Heat the oil and fry the onion till it is golden-brown.Add the ginger / garlic and fry for aa couple of minutes. Add the ground paste and bay leaves. Let it simmer for 5minutes.Put in hte chicken pieces and 1/2 a cup of water and continue cooking, forapproximately 20 minutes, over a low heat. When the chicken is almost cooked, addthe coconut milk, green chillies,coriander leaves and yoghurt. Cook till the chicken istender. Add the cream and saffron.Simmer for 3 minutes.