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| Chicken And Bottle Gourd Roulade |
Preparation Time: 1 Hour
Ingredients
1 bottle gourd, tender and one foot long
For the roulade
400 gm chicken mince
2 boiled egg whites, chopped finely
8 black olives
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
75 ml fresh cream
2 uncooked eggs
4 tbsp fresh breadcrumbs
salt as required
white pepper powder to taste
2 tbsp carrots, finely chopped
2 tbsp leeks, finely chopped
for the sauce
4 fresh tomatoes
half onion
6 cloves garlic
2 sprigs fresh thyme
4 black olives, chopped
3 tsp olive oil
salt to taste.black pepper powder to taste
Method
For the roulade
Peel the bottle gourd, scoop out the seeds inside, marinate with salt and keep aside.
Mix all the ingredient for the chicken roulade. Stuff the bottle gourd with this mixture.
Wrap the gourd in an aluminium foil.
Place it in a flat baking tray. Fill water about 2 inches high.
Cook it in an oven at 200 degree C for 30- 35 minutes till the chicken is cooked well, all through inside.
For the sauce
Blanch, peel, De- seed and finely chop the tomatoes.
Peel and chop onion and garlic.
In a frying pan please heat olive oil, and saute garlic and onions till transparent.
Add the chopped tomatoes; stir till the tomatoes are cooked.
Add fresh thyme and olives. Adjust seasoning.
To serve
Remove roulade from oven and peel off the foil. Cut the roulade into half inch slices and serve hot with sauce.
It goes well with buttered and cooked seasonal vegetables of your choice and mashed potatoes.
Serves 6