Make Traditional Bamboo Chicken At Home

New Delhi: Bamboo Chicken is a healthy dish in which chicken is marinated and cooked inside bamboo. It is then garnished with onion rings, coriander leaves and a dash of lime. Let’s take a look at the ingredients used in the recipe.

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 400 gms. chicken on bones
• 1 tsp. salt or to taste
• 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1-2 green chillies, chopped
• 1 tbsp. ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tbsp. coriander powder
• 1 tsp. cumin powder
• 1 tsp. garam masala powder
• juice of 1/2 lime
• 2-3 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 medium size bamboo

Directions

1. Marinate the chicken with all the above-mentioned ingredients starting from salt to coriander leaves overnight.
2. Now stuff the chicken inside bamboo and close with some banana leaves and foil. Cook on a medium flame on a gas top for 45 minutes by rotating on all sides.
3. When done, wrap a newspaper around it so that it is easy to handle. Tap the bamboo to remove the cooked chicken.
4. Transfer to a serving dish and serve them, garnished with onion rings, coriander leaves, fresh chilies, fried onion and a dash of lime.