Pom

Baked pomtajer root with chicken and citrus — the celebration dish.

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg Pomtajer root
• 1 kg Chicken
• 1 cup Orange juice
• 3 Onions
• 3 tbsp Tomato paste
• 100 g Butter
• 1 tsp Nutmeg
• 2 tsp Salt
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 2 cups Chicken stock

Method

1. Grate the root — Peel and finely grate the pomtajer.
2. Season the chicken — Marinate with salt, nutmeg and onion for 1 hour.
3. Cook the chicken — Brown the chicken with tomato paste and stock and simmer 30 minutes.
4. Mix the base — Combine the grated root with orange juice, butter, sugar and salt.
5. Layer — Spread half the root mixture in a dish, add the chicken with its sauce, then the rest of the root.
6. Bake — Bake at 180°C for 90 minutes until set and golden on top.
7. Pom is ready — Rest 15 minutes and serve with rice or bread.

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