Steamed Chicken

Steamed chicken is a very simple yet delicious recipe and you can make it so quickly with just a few ingredients. 

Ingredients:

1. Mustard Seeds - 2 tsp
2. Posto (poppy seeds) - 2 tsp
3. Cashew nuts - 6-8 
4. Green chillies - 6-8 (as per taste)
5. Boneless chicken -  half kg (cut into 3 inch pieces)
6. Yogurt - 2 tsp
7. Salt - as per taste
8. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
9. Kashmiri Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp 
10. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp
11. Red dry chilli - 1
12. Cardamom - 2-3
13. Cinnamon 
14. Clove - 2-3
15. Onions - sliced ( 2 big)
16. Mustard oil - 2 tsp

Process:

1. Wash and clean the chicken pieces. 

2. Soak mustard and poppy seeds in water for 20 minutes. Add cashew nuts also. Make a paste adding green chillies.

3. Take a tiffin box (in which you can steam the chicken), pour the chicken pieces and add the prepared mustard-poppy-cashew paste, yogurt, turmeric powder and salt, mix well and keep aside for 30 minutes for marination.

4. In a frying pan, heat mustard oil and add Red dry chilli, cardamom, cinnamon and clove along with sliced onions. Fry for 2-3 minutes on medium low flame and add ginger garlic paste. Add Kashmiri red chilli powder to get a nice color.  Saute till the spices are mixed properly.

5. Add fried onions to the chicken mixture, give it a good stir and add some green chillies on the top, cover the tiffin box with the lid and steam for 30 minutes on low flame. 

6. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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