GOAN CHICKEN XACUTI RECIPE

GOAN CHICKEN XACUTI

A delicious Goan chicken curry serve with any Indian bread or also goes with some cooked rice.

Servings : 3

Cooking Time: 15-20 min

Author :Puja Raghuvir Naik 

Ingredients in Chicken Xacuti Recipe

• For marination
• 1 kg of chicken
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 tsp curd

Paste for marination

• 1/2 bunch coriander
• 5 green chilies

Xacuti Masala paste

• 1 tsp oil
• 2 onion chopped
• 2 green chili
• 1-inch ginger
• 5 garlic flakes
• Coconut grated
• 1/2 bunch green coriander

Xacuti masala

• 2-inch cinnamon
• 3 cardamon
• 1 tsp aniseeds
• 1 tsp black peppercorn
• 1 tsp poppy seeds
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 8 red chilies
• 1 maize flour
• 1-star anise
• 1/4 piece nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder.

How to Make Chicken Xacuti

To begin making the Chicken Xacuti recipe,

1.  firstly wash the chicken well. Marinate the chicken with salt and ginger garlic paste, curd, turmeric, and marinated paste keep aside.
2. Heat 1/2 teaspoon of oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, garlic, and ginger and saute till onions turn translucent and lightly golden.
3. Add grated coconut to the above onions and saute till coconut turns golden brown. Remove the mixture from the stove and set aside to cool.
4. Into the same pan add Kashmiri red chilies, Cinnamon Cardamoms,  Aniseed, Black peppercorn, Poppyseed, Coriander seeds, Star anise, Maize flower, piece Nutmeg, Turmeric and roast them for about 3- 5 minutes on low flame.
5. Roast the spices until they release a nice aroma and just begin to turn brown.
6.  Turn off the heat and set aside to cool.
7. Grind the roasted spices and onion-coconut mix and grind into a smooth paste by adding little water.
8. Now heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Add the ground masala paste and cook for 5 minutes. Add chicken pieces and cook till chicken pieces get well cooked with constant stirring.
9. Remove from stove, garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.
10. Serve Chicken Xacuti with rice or pav.