BON APE’TIT -No.21

CHICKEN PICKLE

Method

Take a cooker and once red hot add all the chicken pieces into it.t
Stir the chicken over medium to high flame , keep stirring all the time 5/7 minutes. Remove all the chicken pieces when all the water will dries up.
Now take 75 ml mustard oil, heat till it smokes. Now add all the chicken pieces back into the cooker, and lowering the flame stir and simmer 5/7 minutes
Now add the coarsely ground G.G & green chilly paste. Stir and frequently toss the chicken X 5/7 minutes
Now add the finely minced Garlic & Ginger paste and stir some more
Ti,e now to add Salt/ Red paprika and garam masala
Cover the lid and let it cook over slow heat 8/10 minutes.
Chicken by now is mostly cooked. Time now to add the Vinegar.
Simmer some more, and then remove from fire and allow to cool. When absolutely cool, bottle in a container Cover with a tight lid and transport where ever it is most wanted.
Many years ago my Devar – Ashok ( who then worked in Kanpur ) would send me a letter to say he was coming and I needed to keep the chicken pickle ready. I always had it done before he came. He loved carrying it back.