Murgh Musallam

Murgh musallam

Course	Main course
Place of origin	Subcontinent
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Chicken, tomato, egg, ginger, onion
Cookbook: Murgh musallam  Media: Murgh musallam

Murgh Musallam (Masala roasted chicken) is a Mughlai dish.^[1]

History

Murgh Musallam literally means whole chicken. The dish was popular among the royal Mughal families of Awadh now state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It also means well done. Ibn Battuta described Murgh Musallam as a favourite dish of Muhammad bin Tughluq.^[2] The dish was also served in the Delhi Sultanate.^[3]

Preparation

The whole chicken piece is marinated for hours and then stuffed with boiled eggs, prepared with spices like saffron, cinnamon, cloves, poppy seeds, cardamom and chilli, and decorated with almonds and silver leaves.^[4]

Ingredients

The main ingredients are :

a whole chicken piece,

ginger-garlic paste,

red chilli powder and salt.

Cumin seeds, boiled eggs, red chilli powder, cashew nuts, raisins, and turmeric powder may be added to the stuffing.^[5]

See also

• Chicken soup
• Chicken 65
• List of chicken dishes

References

1. Singh, Prerna. "Masala roasted chicken (Murg Musallam)". http://www.theguardian.com/. The Guardian. External link in |website= (help)
2. Tirmizi, Bisma. "Food Stories: Murgh Musallam". http://www.dawn.com/. DAWN. External link in |website= (help)
3. Pargal, Sharda (1 January 2001). The Chicken Cookbook. Penguin UK. p. 302. ISBN 9789351181514.
4. "Murgh Musallam: stuffed chicken has never tasted this good". http://www.firstpost.com/. Firstpost. External link in |website= (help)
5. "Recipe: Murgh Musallam". Zee News.

External links

• Roasted chilli yoghurt chicken (taj murgh musallam)