Chicken Keema stuffed in Cabbage Parcels. Bring the water in the bottom of the steaming pot to a boil, then place the parcels seam side down into the basket. Add green chilies and chicken broth. Cover and cook until broth evaporates and oil resurfaces.
Ingredients of Chicken Keema stuffed in Cabbage Parcels
- You need of THE STUFFING:-.
- It's 250-300 g of fine chicken keema.
- Prepare 2 of large onions.
- Prepare 10-12 of garlic cloves.
- It's 1 inch of ginger.
- Prepare 100 g of spring onions.
- You need of Assorted vegetables- Carrots, Bell Peppers, Capsicum, Brocolli.
- Prepare of Celery(if available).
- It's leaves of Coriander.
- It's leaves of Mint.
- Prepare of Lime juice.
- It's of Soy Sauce(light).
- You need of Hot Red Chilli sauce.
- You need of Sweet Garlic sauce.
- Prepare of THE WRAPPING:-.
- You need of Whole Cabbage leaves(preferably Chinese Cabbage).
Cabbage roll recipes are everywhere on the internet but many of them are cooked in tomato-based soup. Then place the stuffed cabbage parcels in a baking dish and pour in the beef or chicken stock. Season with a little sprinkle of pepper. Then cover the baking dish with a sheet of tinfoil.
Chicken Keema stuffed in Cabbage Parcels instructions
- Wash and Marinate the chicken the chicken with salt and lime juice for 1 hour..
- Meanwhile prepare the rest of the components of the stuffing. Finely chop the onions, ginger and garlic; cut the carrots, bell peppers and capsicum into brunoise; cut the brocolli into tiny florets..
- Sauté the vegetables lightly in butter(you can skip this step if want to further reduce the calories)..
- Add them to the marinated chicken and mix well. Add the above mentioned sauces, and add spices like black/white pepper and anything else that might suite your palate..
- Soak each cabbage leave in boiling water till it becomes soft..
- Place the stuffing in the cabbage leaves. Place appropriate portions of stuffing such that it does not rupture during the cooking process..
- Steam the parcels for 20-25 mins..
- Garnish with chopped spring onions and a dash of sweet garlic sauce, and serve freshly steamed..
Wrap and steam the stuffed cabbage. Divide the stuffing to the number of stuffed cabbage rolls you want to make. Place a portion of the stuffing at the center of a piece of the cabbage leaf and roll up like making a Swiss roll, or enclose the filling entirely like closing an envelope. Arrange the cabbage rolls on a plate, seam side down. Lay one large Savoy cabbage leaf on the working surface.