For Marination:
1: chicken breast 1 & 1/2 kg (cut in 2 inch pieces)
2: ginger & garlic paste 1 tbsp
3: green chilli 10 (grind to a paste)
4: salt 1 tsp
5: crushed black pepper 1 tsp
6: papaya paste 1 tbsp
7: lemon juice 2 tbsp
8: gram flour paste (as below)
9: coal for smoking the chicken
10: oil for cooking 3 tbsp
Gram Flour Paste:
1: unsalted butter 100g
2: gram flour 4 tbsp
3: bread crumbs 2 tbsp (dry or fresh)
4: oil 2 tbsp
For Coating:
1: Cheddar cheese 1 cup
2: egg 1
3: black cumin seeds 1tsp
4: gram flour paste 4 tsp (as above)
1: in a pan melt butter with oil on medium flame.
2: then add gram flour and cook on low to medium flame till you can smell the aroma of the gram flour.
3: now take out 4tsp of this and keep aside & in the rest past add bread crumbs mix well.
4: in a bowl add chicken, ginger & garlic paste, green chilli paste, salt, black pepper, papaya paste, lemon juice and the gram flour paste mix well and keep aside for 30 minutes.
5: heat oil and add the marinated chicken, mix well wait for a boil on high flame, then cook on low to medium till the chicken is cooked completely.
6: heat a coal, place a foil then coal a little oil cover till the smoke settles.
7: preheat oven 180c, 350f, gas mark 4, now mix the gran flour mixture, egg, cumin beat it, transfer the chicken in a baking dish and spread the mixture on the chicken and add the cheese on top, bake it for 7 to 8 minutes.
8: garnish it with little fresh coriander.
9: serve hot with puri or puri paratha.
COOK WITH FAIZA