Recipe

Baked Chicken
(बेक्ड चिकन)

Recipe Contributed By: Sarita Prasad , Patna

 Ingredients

Dressed Chicken - 1 Kg (cut to medium size pieces)
Garlic Paste - 3 tbsp
Ginger Paste - 3 tbsp
Curd - 100 gm
Salt - 2 tsp or as per taste
Black Pepper - 5 to 6 nos.
Dry Red Chilli - 5 to 6 nos.
Cashew Nuts - 5 to 6 nos.
Peanuts - 8 to 10 nos.

 Method of Preparation

1. Wash and clean chicken pieces.

2. Dry roast pepper, red chillies, cashew nuts and peanuts to a golden brown mixture.

3. Grind the mixture to a paste.

4. Add this paste to chicken pieces along with ginger paste, garlic paste, curd and salt.

5. Mix well and allow to marinate for two hours in a refrigerator.

6. Bake in an electric oven for one hour at 180 degree Centigrade.

7. Serve hot with an optional dash of chat masala and/or lemon juice.

 Notes and Tips