Jump to Recipe SaveSaved! Pin Recipe This Chicken Salli is a beautiful and different curry.It is cooked with dried apricots and spices, then garnished with deep-fried potato straws, called Salli.It is a Parsi chicken curry that is often served on special occasions.

But it is so easy to make at home that you can serve it as a midweek meal.The dried apricots give this curry a wonderful natural sweetness, while the marinade on the chicken adds a tartness.A truly delicious curry can be on the table in under an hour.

Jump Menu What is Chicken Salli?Ingredient TipsMarinating the chickenMaking Salli (Potato Straws)What to serve with Chicken SalliChicken Salli What is Chicken Salli? Chicken Salli is also known as Murgh Salli or Jardaloo Salli Marghi.  Salli is the potato stick.Marghi means chicken.Jordaloo means apricot.Chicken Salli is a delicious Parsi curry with some sweetness from the apricots and some bite from the vinegar used to marinate the chicken.  It is a delicious, well-balanced curry, perfect served with rice, roti, and kachumber.  Ingredient Tips Chicken: Use chicken thighs to ensure you get juicy, tender meat.Ground Spices: Turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander, sweet paprika, ground fennel, garam masala, and nutmeg.These can all be easily found in grocery stores.Whole spices: The cinnamon stick and cardamom pods are left whole, but you can use ground spices instead.

See the recipe notes for how to substitute ground spices.Vinegar: You can us

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