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Chicken Beliram

I recently learned about this dish from an old friend of mine who also happens to be a budding food blogger. So, I googled about it to learn that it was curated by Chef Beli Ram, who was the head cook in the kitchen of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The original one uses goat meat or Mutton as the protein and it’s said the King was so happy with the dish, he named it “Gosht Beliram”.
Of course, I made the chicken version of the same with only one change, I added a bit of garam masala at the end to my liking. It is an extremely easy recipe and needs less focus while cooking and that is a great thing about this recipe. You cook the meat with the marinade and hence it needs little attention apart from stirring occasionally. One more interesting thing about this dish is that it uses sliced onions for marinade instead of onion paste which you generally associate with marinades . No tomatoes are used in this too unlike all popular Punjabi dishes, the tanginess in this dish comes from the yoghurt.

So, try it out and let me know how you like it, I definitely vote this one to be one of easiest ones to cook, check the method for more.

Do try it out and let me know how you liked it in the comments below.

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Cuisine – Indian, Punjabi
Course – Main Course
Keywords- Indian, Chicken, Curry, Spice, Tasty, Cooking, Recipe
Prep – 10 mins
Cook – 25 mins

Ingredients:

2 lb of chicken
4 Tablespoons of ghee
2 Tablespoons of coriander seed

Marinade
2.5 Cups of yoghurt (curd)
2 Onions sliced thin
2 Teaspoons of chopped ginger
2 Teaspoons chopped garlic
2 Teaspoons of red chili powder
4 Cloves
5 Green cardamoms
4 Black peppercorns
1 Cinnamon stick
Salt to taste

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RECIPE :


1. Prepare the marinade for the chicken pieces. Take a mixing bowl and add yoghurt, sliced onion, chopped ginger, chopped garlic, red chili powder, cloves, green cardamom, peppercorns, cinnamon stick and salt in it, whisk them together to prepare the marinade.

2. Add chicken pieces in the bowl and apply the marinade on them. Keep them aside for 1-2 hours.

3. Take a deep bottom pan, turn on the stove and add ghee in it. Bring it to heat.

4. Toss the coriander seeds in it and let them splutter.

5. Toss the chicken along with the marinade mix, close the lid and bring the pan to boil.

6. Open the pan, stir them and cover and cook in low flame letting the meat cook.

7. When the meat looks cooked, take the lid off and cook in high flame to turn the gravy semi dry. Turn off the stove when you get the desired consistency.

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Serve hot with some Indian breads or white rice.

Enjoy ..!!!

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