3 chicken traditional south Recipes

frozen puff pastry (or 14 oz flaky pastry, which is about 400 g), whole chicken , 4 1/2 lbs (about 2.3 kg, do not use breasts only, see directions), water (750 ml), instant chicken bouillon granules (45 ml), sago (100 ml), flour (45 ml), garlic and herb seasoning, dried (or similar seasoning, 15 ml), fresh garlic cloves, crushed and chopped, fresh coarse ground black pepper (10 ml), ground nutmeg, fresh (7 ml), fresh lemon juice (juice of 1/2 lemon, 45 ml, or use lime juice), any seasoning salt , to taste (or ordinary salt, 5ml), fresh thyme leave (or 2 tsp dried ), chopped fresh rosemary (or use 2 tsp dried ), eggs, good quality sliced ham (120 g)

chicken pieces, yogurt, tomato, chopped, cinnamon sticks or 1/2 tsp ground, cardamom pods, slightly crushed or 1 tsp ground cardamom, whole black peppercorns, cumin seeds or 1/4 tsp ground cumin, whole green chilies, saffron (optional), turmeric, cayenne pepper or 1 tsp paprika, fresh ginger, grated, garlic, grated, salt, onions, finely sliced, clarified butter (original is 1/4 cup) or 1 -4 tbsp butter (original is 1/4 cup), canola oil (original is 1/4 cup) or 1 -4 tbsp olive oil (original is 1/4 cup), prune , added the last 15 minutes of cooking (optional), fresh cilantro, to garnish, fresh mint, to garnish