Chicken Popti

Ingredients list for Chicken Popti

• 750 grams Chicken , cut into 2 inch pieces on the bone
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tablespoon Red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• to taste Salt
• 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
• 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
• 1 Lemon
• 2 tablespoons Olive oil
• 2 tablespoons Fresh coriander leaves , chopped
• a few piec Banana leaves
• as required Bhamroot / bhamburda leaves
• 200 grams Lima (pawta) beans
• to taste Sea salt
• 200 grams Dolichos (gewda) beans
• 200 grams Green pea pods
• 2 large Sweet potatoes , thickly sliced
• 10-15 Baby potatoes
• 2 Corn on the cob , thickly sliced
• 6 Eggs

Method

1. Take ginger-garlic paste in a bowl, add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, cumin powder, garam masala powder and coriander powder. Squeeze the juice of the lemon into the bowl and mix well. Add olive oil and mix. Add coriander leaves and mix well. Add chicken and mix well. Set aside to marinate for 3 hours.
2. Keep 2-3 chicken pieces in the centre of each piece of banana leaf and fold to make a parcel.
3. Place some bhamroot leaves at the base of an earthen matka. Arrange some pawta beans in a layer over them and sprinkle sea salt.
4. Arrange half the chicken parcels over the pawta beans and spread some ghevda beans over them.
5. Spread some green pea pods. Place some more pawta beans and arrange some sweet potato slices.
6. Spread some baby potatoes, some corn pieces and sprinkle some more sea salt.
7. Arrange the remaining chicken parcels along the sides, arrange the eggs carefully in the centre.
8. Add remaining pawta beans, green pea pods, ghevda beans, sweet potatoes, baby potatoes and corn pieces.
9. Sprinkle some sea salt, cover with bhamroot leaves.
10. Place the matka upside down in a pit, cover with dried leaves of the coconut tree and light them up.
11. Cook for 35-40 minutes. Remove the coconut leaves, bring the matka out and set it upright. Remove bhamroot leaves carefully and turn the contents out on a tray.
12. Peel the eggs. Arrange some chicken, some eggs, some of each vegetable on each serving plate and serve hot.