
This classic once again appeared last night on our dinner table. The weekend is always lazy, particularly in this extremely hot weather, so one has to try and manage with the ‘easy cook’ options. And what better way to do it than use the ‘slow cooker’!
Just get as many vegetables as possible, chop them, add tomato and onion, as well as a little ginger and garlic, mix everything in the cooker dish and ‘sit’ a large whole chicken in the centre, taking care to stuff some of the veggies into the cavity. Make sure you add the required spices (again, anything according to taste goes) – salt, chilli powder, cumin, coriander, garam masala etc. Also add a tablespoon of oil.
Set the cooker at 80C and leave it for five to six hours. The result is as one can imagine! It’s worth the wait!
Tag Archives: cooking
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