Lahore Style Chicken Chargha

Name: Chicken Chargha
Prep time: 8 h 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 9 h 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: North Indian
Ingredients: Medium size Half Chicken Or 1 small whole cornish hen skin removed; Lemon jiuce 1/3 cup; Salt to taste; Hung curd or plain greek yogurt 1/2 cup; Tandoori masala 2 tablespoon; Red chili powder 1 teaspoon; Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon; Chili flakes as per taste; Greenchili paste 1 teaspoon(optional); Garam masala powder 1 teaspoon; Ginger garlic paste 2 teaspoons; Orange food color -1 small pinch; Ghee 2 tablespoons; Oil for deep frying

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Apr 16, 2014
Moumita Ghosh
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Lahore is a city with an extremely rich food culture. People from Lahore are famous all over the country for their love for food. The city offers a vast variety of options when it comes to gastronomy. In recent times, the style of food has achieved popularity in a number of different countries, because of its palatable and milder taste, mainly through the Pakistani diaspora.----source Wikipedia

Chicken Chargha is a very famous and popular Chicken dish which is cooked in two different steps, first steaming and then deep frying the steamed Chicken. In this recipe whole chicken is used. I used half chicken, as whole chicken is little bit difficult to handle because of its size in our small kitchens. But in restaurants they use whole chicken for this recipe. Here is the recipe of chicken chargha Lahore style...

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Yields

2 serving(s)

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Time

Preperation
510 Minutes

Cooking
45 Minutes

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Cooking Level
Easy

Meal Type
Dinner

Cuisine
North Indian

Ingredients of Chicken Chargha

Medium size Half Chicken Or 1 small whole cornish hen skin removed
Lemon jiuce 1/3 cup
Salt to taste
Hung curd or plain greek yogurt 1/2 cup
Tandoori masala 2 tablespoon
Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
Chili flakes as per taste
Greenchili paste 1 teaspoon(optional)
Garam masala powder 1 teaspoon
Ginger garlic paste 2 teaspoons
Orange food color -1 small pinch
Ghee 2 tablespoons
Oil for deep frying

Directions to make Chicken Chargha in steps

Steps

First take the chicken and wash and pat dry with paper towel. Nowplace the chicken on a plate and deep cut on the flesh so that the marination will go deep inside the chicken. Add lemon juice & salt and marinate the chicken and keep aside for 30 minutes.
Now take a large bowl and add hung curd/plain greek yogurt, tandoori masala, red chili powder, turemric powder, chili flakes, green chili paste, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste ,orange food color.
Mix all the ingredients of the bowl using your washed hand. Take the chicken, place into the marination bowl and marinate well.
Now keep the marinated chicken inside the refridegerator for over night or 8 hours . After 8 hours remove the chicken and keep at the room temperature.
Now turn on the oven on 350 degree Fahrenhite.
Apply the ghee on the marinated chicken and put the chicken inside the pre-heated oven till the chicken is cooked completely, it will take 30-40 minutes.

You can steam the chicken on a regular steamer or rice cooker steamer for 20-25 minutes or till the chicken is tender.
In the meantime heat oil in a deep frying wok. The oil should be very hot.
When the chicken will be cooked completely remove it from the oven/steamer and add it to the hot oil to deep fry it. Fry each side for 5 minutes.
Take the chicken out of the oil and place on a paper towel for 5 minutes.
Serve hot by sprinkling some chaat masala and lemon juice on the top.