Surprised by the name? Dieting while eating chicken may sound impossible, but lemon chicken can be part of your diet. Here is how to make diet lemon chicken easily, without oil or butter.

Ingredients: 750 grams of chicken wings, ground black pepper, lemon juice, yoghurt, ginger-garlic paste and whole black peppercorns.

First wash the chicken well, then marinate it with ground black pepper, salt, lemon juice, lemon zest, yoghurt and ginger-garlic paste. Leave it for about an hour. Then take a non-stick pan and lightly toast 12 peppercorns over a low heat. Add the chicken pieces and fry them over a high heat. Cover with a lid for a while, stirring now and then with a spoon. After a while water will come out of the chicken. When you think the chicken is well fried, add a cup of water, then add the marinade spices too. At this stage lower the heat a little and keep the pan covered.

Now cut a few green chillies over the chicken and sprinkle on a little ground pepper. Right at the end, scatter chopped coriander leaves and keep stirring. The chicken will be done after seven to eight minutes of stirring. Arrange it nicely on a plate and serve with four slices of lemon. Your diet lemon chicken is ready.

Those who cannot eat food without oil can add a very small amount of hot oil at the final stage of cooking and leave it for four to five minutes.

Source: RTV Online. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.