Indian Style Stuffed Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 lb) whole chickens
• 1 teaspoon saffron
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon warm milk
• 2 ounces butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, and chopped
• 1/3 cup dried apricot, soaked till soft and chopped
• 2 fresh green chilies, chopped
• 1/3 cup sultana
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1/4 cup poppy seeds, ground
• 4 spring onions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
• 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 6 green cardamoms, split open
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon black pepper, ground
• 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
• 5 fluid ounces water
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 mix together the saffron and nutmeg into the milk. brush the chicken skin with the mixture and then pour the remaining milk into the body cavity.
• 2 melt the butter in a large pan and when hot brown the chicken all over, remove the chicken and set aside for stuffing.
• 3 using the same pan, in the remaining butter fry the chopped onions chillies, and sultanas, for 3 minutes remove from the heat.
• 4 add the ground almonds, poppy seeds, apricots and eggs.
• 5 stuff the chicken with the mixture.
• 6 in the same pan fry all off the masala ingredients over low heat for 4 mins, add the water and stir well.
• 7 place the chicken on the bed of masala, cover the pan and cook over medium heat till chicken is tender, about 1 1/4 hours.
• 8 serve the chicken with the masala gravy poured over and garnished with the coconut.