Kuzhi Manthi

Restaurant style Kuzhi Manthi at Home

Ingredients

whole chicken with skin-3

chicken masala- 1 tsp

kashmiri chilly powder-1 tsp

pepper powder-1tsp

turmeric

dry lemon

dry ginger-1 piece

cumin- cumin

cardamom

salt

red + yellow food color

dry chilly-6

basmati rice- 3 kg

onion-3

butter-100 gm

sun flower oil- 250 gm

green chilly-6

tomato-1/4 kg

ginger garlic paste

capsicum-3

dry lemon-5

whole spices

water

salt

chcicken stock-4

Charcoal

Preparation

Take chicken , cut only one side. Mix masala’s in a bowl. Grind cardamom, cumin, dry lemon, dry ginger, dry chilly together, then add to masala powders, add salt, mix well, then marinate chicken with this masala. Keep chicken aside for 3/4 hrs, then steam it well in a large idli pot without adding water.Soak rice 2 hrs. Heat butter+ oil in a large pot, add onion and whole spices, saute it well, then add green chilly, tomato, ginger garlic paste and capsicum, mix again, add dry lemon and chicken stock, pour water, once it boil well add rice, then cook rice about 75 %, after that mix rice , then pour the cooked chicken stock water, and chicken above, then smoke it. Seatl the pot for 1/2 hrs, then serve it.

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