KOZHI NIRACHATHU( STUFFED CHICKEN)

Chicken (whole) 1medium

Marination

Chilli powder              1teaspoon
Turmeric powder        1/2teaspoon
Lime juice. 1teaspn
Salt                                1/2teaspoon

Clean up the chicken well, make a small cut over the stomach and clean the inside portion also.
Give few slits over the chicken so that the masala gets well coated and cooks easily.
Make a smooth paste with the above ingredients by adding in little water and
marinate them over the chicken. Keep this aside.

For the stuffing

Boiled egg 1no
Onions 3nos
Ginger 1teaspoon(chopped)
Garlic 1teaspoon
Green chillies 2nos
Turmeric powder 1/2teaspoon
Chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Garam masala 11/4teaspoon
Pepper powder 1/2teaspoony
Curry leaves 2sprigs
Oil for frying

To a pan pour in about 2tbsp of oil and saute up the onions until translucent. To this add in ginger,garlic,green chillies and the masalas and saute again until well combined. Pour in some water so that the masalas maybe well mixed. Finally when the residue becomes a dry version you may add in curry leaves and squeeze a portion of lemon in it.

Now take the whole chicken and cut the stomach portion with a scissors. Place the boiled egg inside then stuff in the prepared masala, as much as you can. But do not over stuff. Now with the help of a kitchen twine and needle stitch the cut portion and also tie up both the legs together.

Take a large vessel and pour some oil to it and place in the stuffed chicken slowly with breast portion down. Fry this lightly turning over each side.

Again transfer this to the oven and bake for 10mins at 180 deg.
Once the chicken gets baked transfer them back to the vessel and fry again with the remaining onion masala, Flipping over each side.

Now this is ready to go to your serving plates. Cut and serve them to your loved ones after squeezing some lemon over it