Steam Roasted Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (4 lb) whole chickens
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 tablespoon ginger paste
1 tablespoon garlic paste
salt (to taste)
black bell pepper (to taste)
1 teaspoon cumin seed (Zeera)
red chili powder (to taste, depending on spice preference)
4 teaspoons of any poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon garam masala
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup lowfat curds
1 cup water

Preparation

Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and brown chicken well on all sides. Place the trivet in a pressure cooker. Sprinkle chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, black peppers, cumin seeds, red chili powder, poultry seasoning, garam masala , lemon juice and plain curd. Then place on trivet.
Add water. Seal cooker, bring up to high pressure, reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 5 minutes for each pound of chicken.
Remove cooker from heat and release pressure. Let chicken stand for 15 minutes before carving into serving pieces.