Diced Chicken with Capsicum

Name: Diced Chicken with Capsicum
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoonful black pepper (kali mirch); 1 teaspoonful salt; 1 chicken (1½ lb (680 g) in weight; when diced it is about 12 ozs, or 340 g); 6 to 8 ozs (170 to 230 g) cucumber (kheera); 1 oz (30 g) white mushrooms (khumb); 1 oz (30 g) white mushrooms (khumb); ½ oz (15 g) arrowroot or ½ oz (15 g) flour; ½ oz (15 g) arrowroot or ½ oz (15 g) flour; ¼ teaspoonful red pepper (degi mirch); ¼ teaspoonful red pepper (degi mirch); 2 egg whites; ½ oz (15 g) ginger (adrak); ½ oz (15 g) ginger (adrak); 6 green chillies or 4 ozs (115 g) capsicum; 6 green chillies or 4 ozs (115 g) capsicum; 6 cloves of garlic (lasan); 6 cloves of garlic (lasan); 6 to 8 ozs (170 to 230 g) cucumber (kheera); 1 spring onion; 1 dessertspoonful rum or sherry —optional; 1 teaspoonful arrowroot or cornflour; 2 to 3 tablespoonfuls stock prepared from the neck and the gizzard of the chicken or 2 to 2 tablespoonfuls water; 1 dessertspoonful rum or sherry —optional; 2 to 3 tablespoonfuls stock prepared from the neck and the gizzard of the chicken or 2 to 2 tablespoonfuls water; 2 to 3 tablespoonfuls stock prepared from the neck and the gizzard of the chicken or 2 to 2 tablespoonfuls water; 1 tablespoonful vinegar (sirka); 1 tablespoonful vinegar (sirka); ½ teaspoonful white pepper; 1 teaspoonful Ve-Tsin (Chinese flavouring); 1 teaspoonful Ve-Tsin (Chinese flavouring)

Chilli Chicken

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

This is a chicken cooked after the Chinese method and illustrates another way of serving chicken.

Ingredients

Ingredients for frying the chicken

1 chicken (1½ lb (680 g) in weight; when diced it is about

Asia
India
Dinner
Spicy

Method

Clean the chicken, remove the skin and bones and wash. Cut it into 1″ pieces. Sprinkle 1 teaspoonful salt, ¼