Chicken Ghee Roast
Servings: 4 persons
Time: 60 minutes
Difficulty: Medium
Buttery spicy and delicious Managalorean cuisine chicken dish
Being weekend, we have to have non-veg food; at least that is the expectation of both my sons. Today, I decided to try chicken ghee roast. It is one of the most popular dishes from Mangalore. This dish is supposed to be spicy and usually served with Neer Dosa or Ghee Rice. Large amount of ghee goes into making of this dish but that is what brings the flavor to this tasty Chicken Ghee Roast…….
Ingredients
– Chicken – 1 Kg (cut into smaller pieces)
– Ghee – 4 tbsp – Sugar – 11/2 tsp – Curry leaves – 5 to 6 for garnishing
Ingredients
– Curd – 1 cup
– Lemon juice – 1 tsp
– Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
– Salt – To taste
For Spice Paste
– Corriander Seeds (dhania) – 2 tbsp
– Cumin Seeds (jeera)- 1 tsp
– Black Peppercorns (kali mirch) – 6-7 – Fenugreek Seeda (methi) – 1/2 tsp
– Garlic – 10-12 flakes
– Tamarind – small lemon sized ball
– Dry Red Chillies – 6-7 (if using “byadagi” chillies, then use 10-12)
– Water – 2 tbsp or as required
Method
Wash chicken pieces well. Marinate it with curd, lemon juice, red chilli powder and little salt. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours (I did it for one hour).
In a flat pan, dry roast red chillies on medium flame for 4-5 minutes. Keep aside to cool.
In the same pan, take 1 tsp ghee and roast corriander seeds, cumin seeds, black peppercorns on low flame for 4-5 minutes (make sure not to burn these spices). Keep aside and allow to cool.
Grind the roasted spices, red chillies, garlic flakes and tamarind together with 2 tbsp water to form a fine paste. Add little more water if paste is still too dry and difficult to grind.
In a non-stick pan, heat 2 tbsp ghee, add chicken pieces and cook covered on medium to high flame until chicken is almost cooked (it took around 8-10 minutes). Transfer the chicken pieces to another vessel and released juices / liquid to a separate bowl.
In the same pan, add remaining ghee, add ground spices and saute on medium flame for 5 minutes until ghee leaves the sides of the pan.
Add to it cooked chicken and reserved juice / liquid from the bowl. Add salt to taste. Saute well for 3-4 minutes. Make sure that all the chicken pieces mix well with spices.
Add sugar and mix.
Cook for 10 minutes on low to medium flame until chicken is cooked, juices are almost dried up and all chicken pieces are coated well with masala.
Remove in a bowl. Garnish with curry leaves.
Serve with white rice, ghee rice or Neer Dosa