Chicken Sajji

Ingredients

• 1 whole skinned chicken : 1.5kg
• salt: 5 tablespoon
• black pepper: 2 teaspoon
• lemon juice: 5 table spoon
• chat masala: 3 table spoon
• cotton thread: a small piece
• coal: 2-3 pcs (medium)

Method

1. Wash the chicken, take a pan, filled with water, add salt and dip the chicken in this salted water for about 2 – 3 hours.
2. Rinse the salt after 3 hours & then marinate it with lemon juice, black pepper and chat masala and keep it for 2 hours.
3. Tie the two legs with thread. Put the chicken in a pan & cover it completely with aluminum foil.
4. Pre heat the oven at temp 250 centigrade and bake it for about 1hour until the meat is tender.
5. Remove the foil after one hour and bake the chicken again at temp 350 for 15-20 minutes until both sides are golden brown.
6. Heat the coal on burner until they are red.
7. Take a covered degchi, put coal in the bottom of it, put chicken in it & cover the lid for 2-3 minutes so that the chicken smells smoky.
8. Remove the chicken.Now the chicken sajji is ready to eat with salad n raita.