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October 2009
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| Bamboo Chicken |
| Chhabindra Kumar Lenka |
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Method
Mix ingredients 1 to 10 well
Stuff it all inside the raw bamboo
Seal the open end with the banana leaf
Heat the bamboo on coals, inside a tandoor
After half an hour, lift it out with sticks. The bamboo will be black and charred – handle it carefully.
Pull off the banana leaf and get the chicken out
Serve with mint chutney
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This is a tribal recipe from the forests of Maaredumilli in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. Note that you don't have to use oil for this dish – the chicken gets cooked with the inherent moisture inside the bamboo.
Ingredients:
- Chicken, cut into bite size pieces – ½ kg
- 2. Brown onions, finely chopped – ¼ kg
- 3. Lemon – 4
- 4. Canned bamboo shoot, chopped - 1 piece
- 5. Coriander leaves – a pinch
- 6. Dhania powder – 1 tsp
- 7. Jeera powder – 2 tsp
- 8. Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
- 9. Garam masala – ½ tsp
- 10. Salt – 2 tsp
- 11. Cleaned raw bamboo, closed only at one end – 1
- 12. Banana leaf - 1
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Chhabindra Kumar Lenka is chef at Celebrations, Hyderabad |
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