Recipe: Smoked chicken skewers

Moist and zesty, these skewers will definitely fire up your palate!

These charry, lip-smacking smoked chicken skewers will not only tantalise your taste buds but will also bag the praise of your loved ones. They are moist and zesty and they will definitely fire up your palate!

Ingredients:

Chicken (karahi cut) 1.5 kg

Oil 3 tbsp

Salt to taste

Dry round red chillies 6-7 (crush in mortar and add 1 tsp of water to make a thick paste)

Chaat masala 2-3 tbsp

Ginger and garlic paste 2 tbsp

Lemon juice 3 tbsp

Coal 2 medium-sized pieces

Method

Marinate chicken pieces in ginger and garlic paste, spices, lemon juice and oil for one day. Add the marinated chicken to a wok and cover it with a lid. Cook on low flame and wait until the chicken is soft (should take 30-40 minutes). If the chicken is soft but watery, uncover the lid and cook on high flame until the water evaporates and the oil is visible. Next, put the chicken pieces on skewers.

Heat coal until red. Put chicken skewers in the wok and place a slice of bread with coal on them. Pour one teaspoon of oil on the hot coal and cover the wok with a lid. Remove the lid after 15 minutes. Enjoy quick and easy smoked chicken skewers!

Arooj Waqar runs a Facebook cooking page called Mona’s Kitchen and aspires to convert her passion for cooking into a career

Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, December 1^st, 2013.