Name: Goan Chicken Xaguti
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 400 g Chicken (cut in cubes); 1 no Onion (finely chopped); 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/2 tbsp Tamarind pulp; 1/4 tsp Mace powder; 1/4 tsp Nutmeg powder; 1 cup Water; Oil (As reqd); Salt (As reqd); 1/2 cup Coconut (grated); 5 nos Red kashmiri chillies; 2 nos Cloves; 1 no Cinnamon sticks; 1 tbsp Coriander powder; 1 tbsp Poppy seeds (Kashakasha); 1/2 tsp Black pepper corns; 1/2 tsp Carom seeds (Ayamodagam); 1/2 tsp Cummin seeds (Jeerakam); 1 no Star anise (Thakkolam); 1/2 tsp Garlic paste

Goan Chicken Xaguti

Goan chicken curry with an ethnic flavor

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Goa

Servings people

Ingredients

400 g Chicken cut in cubes
1 no Onion finely chopped
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp Tamarind pulp
1/4 tsp Mace powder
1/4 tsp Nutmeg powder
1 cup Water
Oil As reqd
Salt As reqd

For preparing curry paste:

1/2 cup Coconut grated
5 nos Red kashmiri chillies
2 nos Cloves
1 no Cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 tbsp Poppy seeds Kashakasha
1/2 tsp Black pepper corns
1/2 tsp Carom seeds Ayamodagam
1/2 tsp Cummin seeds Jeerakam
1 no Star anise Thakkolam
1/2 tsp Garlic paste

Instructions

Take a non-stick frying pan and dry roast the grated coconut in low heat until golden brown and aromatic. Remove onto a plate.
in the same frying pan, roast all other ingredients for curry paste except garlic till an aromatic smell comes.
Grind the above to a fine paste with fried coconut, garlic and little water to make a thick batter.
Take a pan and pour oil. Heat the oil and add onion. Saute in low heat till golden brown.
Add chicken pieces and fry in medium heat until golden on all sides.
Add the ground paste and turmeric powder. Fry till oil accumulates on top.
Add required salt, water and mix well. Bring the curry to boil.
Add mace powder, nutmeg powder and tamarind pulp.
Cover with a lid and simmer in low heat until the chicken pieces are tender and cooked.
Goan murgh xaguti is ready and enjoy.