The Paleo Recipe Book

Monday, August 10, 2009

Indian Chicken Recipe - Dum Chicken

DUM CHICKEN

Ingredients :

- Curd to coat the chicken
- A pinch of turmeric
- 1 stick of ginger, roughly chopped
- Few cloves of garlic as per tate, roughly chopped
- 2-3 onions, roughly chopped
- 2-3 tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 2-3 green chillies
- Slat as per taste
- Some whole spices – cloves, bay leaf, aniseed, saffron if you wish,
- 1 tsp powdered garam masala

Method :

- Coat the chicken with the curd and spice powders
- Marinate for about 1 hour
- Put in everything into a cooking vessel (handi). This dish uses absolutely no oil and water.
- Seal the handi with wheat flour (Atta) and let it cook in its own juice for about 45 mins to an hour.
- At the end, you have a soupy consistency - dum chicken.

Source : TOI