CHICKEN ROAST
This
simple and delicious Chicken Roast makes a perfect meal either for lunch or
dinner. The left overs make good sandwiches the next day. This recipe is featured in my Recipe Book ANGLO-INDIAN CUISINE - A LEGACY OF FLAVOURS FROM THE PAST.
Serves
6 Preparation Time 1 hour
Ingredients
1 whole chicken cleaned and
washed well
Salt to taste
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
powder
1 teaspoon Chillie powder
2 tablespoons oil or ghee
2 or 3 dry red chillies
A few whole pepper corns
Marinate the whole chicken with the salt, pepper and chillie
powder for about half an hour. Heat oil or ghee in a thick -bottomed pan and
add the whole chicken together with the broken red chillies and pepper corns.
Turn the chicken from side to side and fry for about for about 5 minutes or
till the chicken becomes firm. Add about 2 cups of water and mix well. Cover
the pan with a tight lid and cook first on high heat then over low heat turning
the chicken occasionally till the chicken is cooked and all the water / soup is absorbed. Continue to cook till the chicken
is roasted to a lovely golden brown. Serve with steamed vegetables such as
peas, carrots,
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