How to Prepare Chicken Gizzards ( مرغ کے پوٹے)

Remove the yellow membrane from the chicken gizzards. If you buy it from a good store like Carrefour, Metro, Tollington Market, etc., it will be available with membrane removed. It may cost you from 100 to 150 rupees per kilo depending on the type of market.

Put the gizzards in a bowl and marinate it with red chilies, salt, turmeric and a little vinegar.

Put oil in a pan and heat it well. Deep frying is not intended. Put the gizzards in it and turn the heat off. Stir it for a couple of minutes and let it cool down for fifteen minutes.

Again turn on the heat after applying garlic paste on the gizzards and fry it on low heat. When it starts leaving the water, increase the heat so that the gizzards become dry. Now, you may eat it at tea time or with regular meals. You may also Bar B Q the gizzards after marinating.

 

NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF CHICKEN GIZZARDS

100 grams of chicken gizzards contain:

94 calories

17.7 grams of protein

2.1 grams of fat

18 percent of the daily requirement of zinc

14 percent of the daily requirement of iron

36 percent of the daily requirement of selenium

15 percent of the daily requirement of phosphorus

7 percent of the daily requirement of potassium

20 percent of the daily requirement of vitamin B12

18 percent of the daily requirement of niacin

 Eat the chicken gizzard and mutton or beef liver regularly. Forget about the cholesterol. Cholesterol has been declared innocent after long time blame for causing heart diseases. If you do not eat cholesterol, your liver will synthesize on its own. Cholesterol serves as the building block which repairs our body tissues and makes hormones and other vital substances that our body needs.