Chicken Ghee Roast
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Mangalorean, Karnataka
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Serves: 3-4
 
Chicken Ghee Roast, a Mangalorean delicacy has a distinct flavor brought about by the ghee used to roast the chicken and spices
Ingredients
  • Chicken: 1 kg with bone cut into big pieces
  • Curd: ½ cup thick
  • Lemon: 1
  • Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
  • Kashmiri chillies: 15 (de seeded)
  • Long dried red chilies: 6-8 (de seeded) – spicy variety
  • Methi seeds (Fenugreek seeds): ¼ tsp
  • Coriander seeds: 1 tbsp
  • Peppercorns: 12-15
  • Cumin seeds: ½ tsp
  • Garlic with skin: 1 full (about 12-15 flakes)
  • Tamarind: 1 ball(marble sized) soaked in little water
  • Ghee: 6 tbsp
  • Curry leaves: 15
  • Sugar: 2 tsp
  • Salt: to taste
Instructions
  1. Marinate the chicken in salt, curd, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder and lemon juice for four hours or more.
  2. Dry roast the chilies, coriander seeds, methi seeds, cumin seeds and peppercorns.
  3. Grind all the roasted ingredients with garlic and tamarind water (around 3 tsp) to a fine paste. Use very little water if required for grinding.
  4. Heat ghee in a pan. Fry the chicken in ghee till almost cooked.
  5. Remove the chicken and keep aside. In the same ghee, fry the ground masala from step 3.
  6. Add salt to taste and sugar and fry till the masala emits a nice aroma.
  7. Add the chicken to the masala and cook till chicken is ready and the masala becomes thick.
  8. Add curry leaves to garnish.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/chicken-ghee-roast/