Ingredients

• Medium-size apples - as many as needed for stuffing
• 2 cups - cooked and mashed chicken meat
• 1 inch stick cinnamon
• 3 - cloves
• 3 - white cardamoms
• 2 - red dry chillies
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1 tsp - ginger paste
• 6 - cashewnuts finely powdered
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Butter and bread crumbs as required
• Salt to taste

How to Make Apples Stuffed with Chicken

• Chop off a slice from the top of each apple.
• Remove the core and scoop out the inside without damaging the fruit.
• Keep aside. Thus prepare all the apples required.
• Finely powder cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, cumin seeds and red chillies.
• Heat 1 tbsp of butter, add ginger paste and fry for a while.
• Add the cashewnut powder and fry for a minute.
• Now add the powdered spices and fry to a light golden colour by sprinkling water now and then.
• Add in the mashed chicken and the scooped out insides of the apples and salt to taste.
• Pour the lemon juice and fry the whole mixture till almost dry.
• Fill each apple with this mixture pressing down the stuffing.
• Rub some butter to the bread crumbs and place on the top opening of the apples.
• Then brush all the apples with some more butter.
• Arrange these stuffed apples on a lightly-greased tray, keeping some distance between them.
• Bake these stuffed apples in a pre-heated oven at 410 degree Fahrenheit or 210 degree Celsius for 15 to 20 minutes till the apples become light golden in colour.
• Take out the tray from the oven.
• Lift the apples carefully and place them on a nice serving dish.
• Garnish with chopped mint or coriander leaves
• You can plate it with grated carrots and steamed green peas, sprinkled with salt and pepper.