Steam Chicken with Pilav Rice

One of my favorite dinner recipes….

#easy #lite #mild #quick

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken skinless, cut into 4 pieces (2 legs and thigh pieces and 2 breast and wings pieces)
• 4 tbspns vinegar
• Some salt
• 1 tbspn red chilli powder
• 1 tspn red chilli flakes
• 1 tspn turmeric
• 1 tbspn ginger paste
• 1 tspn chicken salt
• 1 tbspn garlic paste
• 2 green chillies crushed
• ½ tspn coriander powder
• ½ tspn carom seeds (ajwain)
• ½ tspn cumin powder
• 1 tspn chaat masala
• 2 tbspns lemon juice
• ½ cup water
• 2 tbspns oil

Procedure:

-In a bowl, combine all the spices with vinegar and make a thick paste. Add ginger, garlic and crushed green chillies.

-Make cuts on the chicken pieces and apply this mixture on the pieces. Keep aside for 30 – 45 minute.

-Now heat oil in a pan and stir fry these pieces for about 10 minutes. Add ½ cup of water and cook covered on low heat for about 40 minutes without any disturbance.

-Meanwhile you can make mattar pulao or channa pulao to serve with chicken.

-When the chicken is tender, cooked and ready take it out, sprinkle some lemon juice and serve hot with mattar pulao.