Chicken Ghee Roast

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Ingredients :

1 kg chicken (cut to medium pieces)
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup curds/yogurt
1tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
30 long red chillies (kashmir)
8 small red chillies
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp peppercorns
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
12 to 16 garlic flakes
1 cherry size tamarind soaked in 2 tbsp water
1 cup ghee
2 tsp sugar (optional)
few curry leaves
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves



Instructions:
Marinate chicken in yogurt/curds, salt , turmeric powder and lemon juice. Refrigerate for 4 hours or more.
Meanwhile roast long and small red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorn and fenugreek seeds and grind along with tamarind and garlic to thick and fine paste.
Place a large pan on medium high flame and add 1/4 cup ghee, when ghee is hot add all the marinated chicken and cook till almost done. Transfer the chicken to a vessel.Reserve the liquid released by the chicken  in the separate bowl . Keep this aside.
 
To the same pan add remaining ghee and add the masala paste ,fry for 5 to 7 minutes till the raw smell disappears and oil leaves the side of the masala.
 
Now add the fried chicken, salt and 1/2 cup of reserved liquid. Fry for 5 to 7 minutes till the masala dries up.
 
Now add sugar, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
 
Take off flame and serve as appetizer.

Enjoy!


Source: http://bakasoor.blogspot.com/2012/06/chicken-ghee-roast-mangalorian.html


3 comments:

  1. hey i have a question., do u need to add water while you add chicken to the fried ghee to cook. Doesn't it stick to the bottom of the vessel? Please answer. Thank You!

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  2. Hi Mamatha, When the entire mixture is too dry,(when placing the cooked chicken pieces back into the pot and the chicken is sticking to the pot), Add a little water (1/4 cup).

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  3. This was amazing!!! Just the way I have had in the restaurants. Thanks for sharing.

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