Chicken Cooked in Banana Leaves Recipe
Total Time: 95 minutes
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients:
- salt
- cotton threads
- red chilli powder
- black peppercorns
- ginger garlic paste
- banana leaf
- coriander (dhania) leaves
- lemon
- boneless chicken cubes
- cloves (laung)
- turmeric powder
- green chillies
- star anise
- sunflower oil
Instructions:
- To begin making the Chicken Cooked in Banana Leaves, in a mixer-jar, combine the green chillies, coriander sprigs (stem as well), ginger garlic paste, cloves, peppercorns, star anise and grind to a coarse mixture
- In a mixing bowl, add the chicken, the freshly ground mixture, lime juice, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt
- Make sure the chicken pieces are completely coated with the mixture
- Let the chicken pieces marinate for two hours
- Once the chicken is marinated, cut the banana leaves into squares of 4 inch squares, so that you can make parcels
- Now put the one chicken piece in one banana leaf piece
- Fold the leaf to make a parcel and tie it using a thread
- Heat oil in a pan, add the parcels into the pan and make sure you are not crowding the pan
- Cover the pan and cook the parcels from both sides for at-least 15-20 minutes
- Open the parcels and serve hot
- Serve Chicken Cooked in Banana Leaves as an appetizer along with other appetizers such as Mushroom Poha Cutlets Recipe and Easy Sabudana Vada With Arrowroot Powder