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Ginger Chicken with Karela

Ingredients

  • 8 Chicken legs (drumsticks)
  • 1 tbs minced ginger
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp onion seeds (kalonji)
  • ½ tsp white pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tbs butter 1 tbs pomace oil
  • One onion minced (fried onions)
  • 1tsp ginger 1 tsp garlic
  • 1 tsp cumin seed whole
  • 1 tsp dhania powder
  • ½ bunch green coriander leaves
  • 3 karela cut into slices.
  • 2 cups milk

Method

Prepare drumsticks with ground ginger under the skin. Beat an egg and mix white pepper and salt. Roll drumsticks in egg mix.

Heat some butter and add kalonji seeds fry until it splitters.

Roll drumsticks so that the kalonji sticks to the chicken legs.

Put them in baking tray under high grill until the legs brown.

Heat cumin seeds in a pan until it splitters Add butter and oil and add ginger garlic and add onions. Fry.

Add spices and tamarind, – mix well and cook for sometime. Add dhania and cook.

Now make a homogenous mix by using the blender. Add Karela.

Add milk an cook karela in the pan.

Look if the legs have browned.

When the karela is half done, add chicken and stir and cook under medium to low heat.

The dish would be looking a little fresh green and when done serve with garnish of dhania leaves and tomatoes.