Halwai November 14, 2024

Ingredients:

• 1 – whole Chicken
• 4 – medium-sized Onions
• Few cashews and Raisins
• 1- hard boiled Egg
• 3 tsp – Curd
• A pinch of Orange colour
• 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder
• Oil
• Chilli powder to taste
• Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Clean the chicken and make vertical slits on it. Do not make holes.
  2. Add curd, turmeric, chilli powder, salt, colour and 1/2 tsp vegetable oil to the chicken.
  3. Marinate chicken in the mixture for 5 hours (refrigerate it and take out an hour before cooking).
  4. In a wok, add oil, chopped onions and fry till they turn golden brown.
  5. Add chilli powder, salt, turmeric to the onions and fry till the oil separates.
  6. Add raisins and cashews.
  7. Stuff the marinated chicken with this onion mixture and hard boiled egg.
  8. Pre heat oven at 350 C for 5 mins.
  9. Keep the stuffed chicken in a greased dish and bake for an hour, turning upside down in between.
  10. Make sure not to overcook.
  11. Take it out when it has a little reddish-brown tinge on the top.
  12. Slice and serve with onion rings, lemon and puris.

Recipe courtesy of Swati Verma