Chimp Achim | Arunachali style Chicken with Mustard Greens

Chimp Achin - a Lunch Box recipe from North East India 

Chimp achin is a traditional lunch box recipe from Arunachal Pradesh where the farmers would take it to the fields or while travelling. The dish is simple and prepared with chicken, lai xaak, bamboo shoots with condiments; then they are wrapped in a special leaf called Akum, which lends a beautiful flavour along with rice. The lunch is delicious and healthy. It's hard to wait for lunch when you know what is waiting for you.

INGREDIENTS

1.    Chicken 300 grams large pieces

2.    Mustard greens 200 grams rinsed

3.    Salt as per taste

4.    Fresh bamboo shoots 50grams

5.    Green greens 4-5 slit

6.    Garlic 5-6 cloves crushed

7.    Akum leaves for wrapping the dish (Optional)

Arunachali style Chicken with Mustard Greens 

PREPARATION

1.    Take 2cups of water in a large pot and bring it to boil.

2.    Add your chicken pieces, crushed garlic cloves, slit green chilies and salt as per taste - stir, cover and cook it for 20 minutes on a medium flame.

3.    Add your freshly chopped bamboo shoots, cover and cook it for 10 minutes.

4.    Now add your mustard green, gently stir, cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame, then turn off the stove and let it rest for 10minutes. This will allow the leaves to cook.

5.    Finally place your rinsed Akum leaves or lunch box, put your cooked steamed rice, followed by the chicken pieces and heaps of vegetable stew. Wrap the leaves or cover the box with lid.

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