TURKEY / CHICKEN ROAST WITH STUFFING

ROAST TURKEY / CHICKEN WITH STUFFING

1 Whole small dressed Turkey or chicken 

2 tablespoons vinegar

3 teaspoons pepper powder

2 cups bread crumbs

2 teaspoons chopped mint or  dried mint powder 

2 eggs beaten

1 cup of boiled peas and carrot  

 ½ teaspoon grated lemon rind

½ cup oil  

 Salt to taste

Wash the liver, heart, gizzards and other edible internal parts of the turkey or chicken well.  

Cook all these parts with a little water, salt and pepper powder till soft. Remove and chop into very tiny bits. This is known as the Turkey or chicken Giblets mince. 

Mix the cooked giblet mince with the eggs, bread crumbs, vinegar, mint, lemon rind, salt and the boiled carrots and peas.

Now slit the turkey or chicken near the neck just above the chest and fill it well with the giblet mince mixture packing it firmly and tightly. When the turkey or chicken is stuffed well, close the opening. 

Rub some oil well all over the turkey or chicken.

Place the stuffed turkey or chicken in a large vessel or pressure cooker and add oil, salt to taste and sufficient water.  Cook till the turkey is tender. Keep simmering till all the water dries up and the turkey / chicken turns a lovely golden brown all over.

 (The stuffed turkey can also be roasted in an oven at 350 degrees F if desired).

  Serve hot or cold with steamed vegetables and mash potatoes and Bread.