Hello Mamta,

I am looking for the Chicken Changezi recipe, that you get in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Do you have any idea how is this dish prepared?

No I don't. I haven't been to Chandani Chowk since I was young! If you find out the recipe, do feel to send it here. If it comes out good, I will add it to the site. I am in India for such a short visit these days, I never get a chance to go to old haunts!

Since Changez Khan was a Mongol, not a Mughal, are we looking for a Mongolian recipe?

Mamta

Thanks for prompt reply.

Yes you are correct that Changez/Gengis Khan was a Mongol, and I am not sure if this is Mongolian dish, but yes its in the menu of delhi restaurants. Anyway thanks.

If I could find the tried recipe, then surely I'll post you.

i am also finding a recipe i have been to the place many times and in recipe you have to add imli which is the main thing in the recipe

instead of imli (tamarind, which may be the south Indian variant of this dish) the secret ingredient is jamun* vinegar, to give the dish a tangy quality.

• I interpret this as blackberry?

I've never been to Mongolia, but my son spent a few weeks on the 'roof of the world' in winter. All he spoke about (in a culinary sense) was the yak butter tea, that is, tea with yak butter floating in it. He said it was awful. In Tibet, that was all he could get to drink. Apparently, there was fierce competition (Chinese influenced) for the locals to sell as much yak butter tea as possible, the people who sold the most over a year would get a prize..........yep, you've guessed it, a year's supply of yak butter tea! And they say the Brits are mad!!

Changez Khan is often confused as a Moghul leader (probably because of his name Khan) and the Changezi recipes are often sold as Moghul. This name Khan pre-dates the Moghuls. People often think that Changezi dishes are from Moghul period. I found this recipe on the internet; www.flavours-of-india.com/non-vegetarian-specialty-of-india-a-few-mouthwatering-recipes/

I don't remember eating it in Mongolia from when we went there (I used to be a non-veg then).

Jamun or jambon is a small fruit from a very large tree. It is shaped like a berry the size of a large black berry, with a stone in the center. http://in.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mcsaoff&sz=all&va=jamun+tree+picture

Saw the menu of the above restaurant, refreshed my memories that Mutton Chops would be called as Chaaps in India, even to the butcher we would ask him to give some Chaaps. Anybody asking him for the recipe?

Looking at the recipe you posted link to Rajneesh, it is just another Indian curry, perhaps in the style of butter chicken. Perhaps the cooks in Chandni Chowk also think that Chanhgez Khan was one of their ancestors and used his famous name to make their dish sound 'fit for the kings'!

I have to say that the food in Chandni Chowk used to be delicious in my childhood, especially Chaats and Parathas ( in parathe waali gali). I went back to parathe wali gali (the street of parathas) last year with my brother, I was really disappointed with the parathas; they were just glorified Kachauries (deep fried stuffed poories), dripping in too much oil, served with potato and pumpkin curries, too hot to enjoy their taste! You get much better old Indian food in restautants in Gurgaon and Delhi these days, which are often run by the same families that owned Chandni Chowk eateries. May be you will find your Chicken Changezi in Gurgaon in places like Changezi Chicken Point Mughlai Restaurant