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Recipe: Richard Holkar's Murgi Survedar

By SUNITA KOHLI
April 27, 2024

IMAGE: Richard Holkar is the princely descendant of Maharani Ahilyabai and the son of the last maharaja of Indore.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Richard Holkar/Instagram

Richard Holkar's Murgi Survedar is a must addition to a truly royal weekend food spread. The chicken is first fried with garlic, ginger and cashews. Water is then added to create a chicken broth. A portion of this aromatic broth, the chicken pieces are later added to a gravy flavoured with spices, yoghurt, coconut cream, poppy seeds.

Holkar, zealously involved with Maheshwar, the former capital of the Holkar state, has been responsible for the restoration of the magnificent Ahilya Fort, on the gently-flowing Narmada, and turning it into a luxurious heritage property. He is also deeply passionate about the production and preservation of traditional Maheshwar weaves and handloom through the Rewa Society, an organisation that plays an important role in empowering local craftsmanship.

Holkar's elegant chicken dish has a place in Sunita Kohli's The India Cookbook, which is 'a personal culinary journey that celebrates the friendships and good-will of well-wishers across India'.

Kindly note the image has only been posted for representational purposes.
Photograph: Kind courtesy E4024/Wikimedia Commons

Murgi Survedar

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

For the chicken

For the masala

For the assembly

Method

For the chicken

For the masala

Assembly

 

Sunita Kohli is a New Delhi designer and architect. Her book is a collection of eclectic recipes from homes she has dined at in the capital and elsewhere.

Please do have a look at Nalini and P Chidambaram's recipe for Crab Masala, Shashi Tharoor's Idlis and Pheroza And Jamshed Godrej's Baked Eggs.

This recipe was excerpted with the kind permission of the publishers, Aleph Book Company from The India Cookbook: From The Tables Of My Friends, selected and edited by Sunita Kohli.

 

Lead photograph: Kind courtesy Richard Holkar/Instagram

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