KOZHI NIRACHATHU w/o OVEN (Stuffed Chicken) Easter Special-2

Stuffed Chicken

  

Quite a long time!!! ya ya i know :(... everyday i think i need to blog but keep pending for each other day due to busy schedule. Easter has been over and the special dishes i have nbot uploaded other than Vattayappam. So here goes another special dish which i made for dinner :)...

i would like to say special thanks to shabs from shabs cuisine... seeing her pics i couldnt help trying it and it was super hit at my home :)

Ingredients :

Chicken : 1.2 kg


For marination:


Chilli Powder - 3 tbsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Lime Juice - 1 lime
Salt and water


Using sufficient water make a paste of all the ingredients under marination.


For Stuffing:
Egg - 1no
Onion - 2 large nos sliced
Ginger Paste - 1 tsp
Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 twig leaves
Green Chilli - 3 nos chopped
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
Cashew Nuts - 6 nos
Raisins - 7 nos
Salt to taste
Oil

Marinate the chicken and keep it overnight.

Preparation for the stuffing:

Boil the egg and keep aside. In a pan, add oil and saute cashew till light brown and remove. Then add in raisins in the same pan and roast and keep aside with cashew. Now add in the onion and saute for about a min and then add in the ginger garlic and green chilli, salt and saute till onion becomes brown in color. Then add in all the powders under stuffing listed and saute till the raw smell goes. Add in the egg and nuts and raisin and saute for a min. nce cooled down add this stuffing inside the marinated chicken and then witha neddle and thread stich the flesh in between the legs as we need to fry the chicken and dont eed oil to go inside. Then tie the legs with thread or twine and also the wings (hands).

Now for the Gray Part :

Ingedients :

Onions - 2 large nos sliced

Tomatoes - 2 large nos chopped

Curry Leaves - 3 twig leaves

Fennel Seeds - 1 tbsp powdered (perinjeerakam)

Green Chilli - 4 nos chopped

Ginger Paste - 1/2 tsp

Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp

Paprika Powder - 2 tsp

Coriander Powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Garam Masala - 1 tsp

Water - 1/2 cup

Preparation :


Heat oil in a pan and add in the oiions for a min and then add in the curry leaves, green chilli and ginger and gralic paste and saute till oions are almot borwn in color and then addin the tomatoes and saute till tomatoes turn mushy. Add in the powders and spices and saute till raw smell goes. Add in the water to make a thick gravy and leep aside.


Add in about 1/2 cup oil and put in the marinated chicken and on medium flame and cook till all side of chicken is light brown color. Then on low flame cook. Keep turning sides till the chicken gets properly fried. keep turning the chicken in between in rotation. It make take about aprrox of half an hour.
Remove to a plate and add in the gravy and granish. Serve Hot :)...

Cheers,
Neetz ;)