Steam Chicken Chargha: English – Urdu Recipe

Steam Chicken Chargha

Ingredients:

1. Whole chicken – 1 (make deep cuts)
2. Garlic water – ¼ cup
3. Salt – to taste
4. Cumin powder – 3 tsp
5. Chat masala – 1 ½ tsp
6. Coriander powder – 2 tsp
7. Vinegar – 2 tbsp
8. Orange color – as you need
9. Red chilli powder – 2 tbsp
10. Yogurt – 125g
11. Ground ginger – 1 tsp

Method:

• Wash chicken, give deep cuts and apply vinegar, put in strainer and leave in fridge for 2 hours.
• Then put all remaining spices in yogurt and mix well then apply on chicken and leave for half an hour in fridge.
• Now wrap chicken in foil and steam for 1 and half an hour. Serve with raita.
• If some water remaining in foil then put along with chicken in a pan and cook on high heat until water dries.

Raita:

1. Mint – 1 bunch
2. Green chilies – 6
3. Black pepper – few
4. Fried cumin seeds – 2 tsp
5. Salt – to taste
6. Yogurt – as you need

Grind all spices and mix in yogurt and serve with chicken.