Chicken Cooked in Banana Leaves

Name: Chicken Cooked in Banana Leaves
Prep time: 75 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 95 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken Breast (500 grams Boneless chicken 2 inch cubes); 1 piece Lemon (1 Lemon); 2 pieces Green Chili (2 Green Chillies); 10 sprig Cilantro (10 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves); 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste (2 tablespoons Ginger Garlic Paste); 10 pieces Black Peppercorns (10 Whole Black Peppercorns); 3 pieces Star Anise (3 Star anise); 5 pieces Cloves (5 Cloves (Laung)); 1 tsp Red Chili Powder (1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 2 pieces Banana Leaf (2 Banana leaf); 0 pieces Vegetable Oil (Oil as required)

Chicken marinated in a spice paste of green chillies, coriander, ginger-garlic, and whole spices, wrapped in banana leaf parcels, and pan-fried until cooked.

95 minIndian

Servings4

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Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Halal

Steps

1In 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.
2In a mixing bowl, add the chicken, the freshly ground mixture, lime juice, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt.
3Make sure the chicken pieces are completely coated with the mixture. Let the chicken pieces marinate for two hours.
4Once 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.
5Fold the leaf to make a parcel and tie it using a thread.
6Heat 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.
7Open the parcels and serve hot.