Steam Roasted Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (4 lb) whole chickens
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 1 tablespoon garlic paste
• salt (to taste)
• black bell pepper (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed (zeera)
• red chili powder (to taste, depending on spice preference)
• 4 teaspoons of any poultry seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 cup lowfat curds
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and brown chicken well on all sides. place the trivet in a pressure cooker. sprinkle chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, black peppers, cumin seeds, red chili powder, poultry seasoning, garam masala , lemon juice and plain curd. then place on trivet.
• 2 add water. seal cooker, bring up to high pressure, reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 5 minutes for each pound of chicken.
• 3 remove cooker from heat and release pressure. let chicken stand for 15 minutes before carving into serving pieces.