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The discussion revolves around the preparation of Lahori Charga, a whole spiced chicken dish, with participants exploring cooking methods suitable for the recipe. Suggestions include using a pressure cooker as an alternative to steaming and sharing experiences with different types of steamers. One user reports a successful attempt at cooking pheasants using the steaming method, noting that it retained moisture effectively, which is often a challenge with game birds. Overall, the community seems to agree on the effectiveness of steaming for maintaining moisture in poultry.

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Offline tempest63

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Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« on: September 04, 2016, 04:14 AM »
Whole spiced chicken (Lahori chargha)
Serves 4
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Offline Peripatetic Phil

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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2016, 04:48 AM »
That sounds a very interesting dish, Tempest, but I don't think my steamer will hold a 1Kg chicken unfortunately.
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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2016, 08:37 AM »
would a pressure cooker be an alternative to 'steaming'?
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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2016, 08:44 AM »
Almost certainly, and I could put the steamer tray in to make it into a "real" steamer, but if I were to put the lid on and close the valve I imagine I would have to considerably reduce the cooking time; perhaps leave the lid off ...

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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2016, 07:06 AM »
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Horwood-HX12-Steamer-Insert-16/dp/B00140SJ5I/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1475301611&sr=1-4&keywords=steamer+basket

We have a deep steamer basket, like the one above, that fits all standard size saucepans and it will accommodate a small chicken.

The shooting season starts today and my first day out is next Saturday so more importantly the steamer will easily fit a pheasant or a brace of partridge.
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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2016, 09:48 AM »
Many thanks for that Amazon link, Tempest -- I think I may well invest in one of those.
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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2016, 03:27 PM »
Could also chop the chicken up (into 4 pieces) for the Charga and steam 2 at the time.  I made it a while back with a packet spice.

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,12833.msg104717.html#msg104717

Nice to see an authentic recipe.

Rob  :)
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Re: Lahori Charga (with thanks to Summaya Usmani)
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2016, 09:44 PM »
Update on this recipe.

I made this tonight with two pheasants, a 650g hen and an 820g cock. Shot Saturday morning and in the marinade Saturday night. Didn't bother plucking the birds, just skinned them as the recipe called for. I doubled up on the marinade and the result was ok. Not as strong as a tikka or tandoori marinade would give.
The big thing for me was the moistness of the birds. Pheasant is a tricky bird to cook and more often than not ends up dry. The steaming retained the moisture and is definitely a cooking method I will use in the future for game birds

The steamer I intended to use was too small for both birds so they went into the IKEA steamer I bought a few weeks back. On their sides both birds went into the same steamer basket.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/cookware/cooking-accessories/stabil-steamer-insert-stainless-steel-art-30152346/








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