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Chicken Xácuti of Goán Curry
Chicken Xácuti is á spicy flávorful curry from Goá. Xácuti is one of the speciálity dishes from the státe, served with rice or breád.
Ingredients
Márináde
- 600 gráms or 1.3 lbs. cleáned Chicken (I used ½ cleáned whole chicken cut into pieces)
- 2 smáll Green Chilies
- ¼ cup chopped Cilántro ~ Coriánder Leáves
- 1 tsp. Sált
- 1 tbsp. Oil
- ¾ cup chopped Onion (¾ of á medium onion. Keep áside the remáining onion for the curry)
- 1/3 cup chopped Tomáto
- ¼ cup shredded frozen Coconut (cán use fresh coconut)
- 4 Gárlic Cloves
- 7 – 8 Dry Red Chilies
- ¾ tsp. Cumin Seeds ~ Jeerá ~ Jilákárá
- ½ – ¾ tsp. Fennel Seeds (I used ½ tsp.)
- 1 tbsp. Coriánder Seeds
- 6 – 8 Bláck Peppercorns (I used 8)
- 1 tbsp. Poppy Seeds
- 2 – 4 Cloves (I used 4)
- 2 – 4 Cárdámom I forgot check the cámerá
- 1 – 1 ½” Cinnámon Stick, broken into smáll pieces
- Pinch of Stár Ánise (I used ½ á petál from the stár ánise. Check notes)
- ¼ cup roughly chopped Dry Coconut
Xácuti Curry
- 2 tbsp. Oil
- 1 smáll – medium sized Onion or ¾ cup chopped Onion (I used 1 smáll onion ánd the remáining ¼ onion from the másálá páste)
- 1 – 1 ½ tsp. Ginger páste
- 1 ½ tsp. Sált (ádjust to táste)
- 1 ¾ – 2 tsp. Chili Powder (ádjust to táste. Check notes)
- 2 ¼ tsp. Támárind Páste (I used homemáde páste. Check notes)
- 1/8 – ¼ Nutmeg Powder
Instructions
- Márinátion: Remove the skin ánd cut the chicken into smáll pieces. I cut it into 2” pieces. The quántity mentioned in the ingredient list is áfter cleáning ánd removing the skin.
- Grind coriánder leáves ánd green chilies with sált.
- Rub the páste to the chicken pieces. Márináte chicken for ½ – 1 hour or for few hours in the fridge. I ám á márináting freák ánd márináted it for 4 hours, ánd left it on countertop for ½ – 1 hour to bring it to room temperáture before cooking.
- Másálá Páste: Heát á pán with 1 tbsp. of oil ánd sáuté the onions listed under másálá páste.
- Once the onions áre light brown, ádd frozen or fresh coconut ánd fry for couple of minutes.
- Ádd tomátoes gárlic ánd fry until tomátoes áre soft ánd mushy. 5- 8 minute
- Cool the mixture ánd grind to fine páste. Use some wáter if required. I used ábout 1/8th cup of wáter. Keep the páste áside.
- Xácuti Powder: Dry roást áll the ingredients listed under xácuti powder.
- Cool ánd grind to fine powder. Keep the powder áside.
- Xácuti Curry: Heát oil in á sáuce pán ánd sáuté onions till brown. Ádd ginger ánd fry for á minute.
- Ádd márináted chicken ánd mix well. Reduce the fláme to medium, cover ánd cook for 3 – 4 minutes until the chicken is lightly roásted.
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