Chicken Xacuti Recipe is a typical Goan chicken dish. It is a spicy and very interesting recipe. Try this and let us know if u felt like going to Goa.
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 1 kg
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Paste one for marination:
- Ginger – 2 inches
- Garlic – 10 flakes
- Coriander – 1/2 bunch
- Green chillies – 1/2 bunch
- Paste two for Xacuti masala:
- Groundnut oil – 1 tsp
- Sliced onions – 2
- Green chillies – 2
- Ginger – 1 inch
- Flakes garlic – 5
- Granted large coconut – 1
- Coriander – 1/2 bunch
Paste three of Xacuti Masala: - Cinnamon – 2 inches
- Cardamoms – 3 peeled
- Aniseed – 1 tsp
- Black pepper corn – 1 tsp
- Poppy seeds – 1 tbsp
- Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
- Kashmiri red chillies – 10
- Star anise – 1
- Maize flour – 1
- Nutmeg – 1/4 piece
- Turmeric – 1/2 inch
- Finishing:
- Groundnut oil – 2 tsp
- Sliced onions – 2
- Green chillies – 2
- Water – 1/4 cup
Chicken Xacuti Recipe Procedure:
- To the curry-cut chicken, add salt and turmeric powder.
- To this add paste One ginger, garlic, coriander, chillies and mix thoroughly.
- Marinate this for half an hour.
- To make paste two, heat a pan with oil and saute sliced onions, green chillies, ginger, garlic. For about 3 minutes.
- To this add 1 full grated coconut and saute for another 5-7 minutes.
- Once onions are crispy, keep aside.
- To make paste Three, In a dry pan; separately roast cinnamon, cardamom, aniseed, black peppercorn, poppy seeds, coriander seeds, Kashmiri red chillies, star anise, maize flower, nutmeg, and turmeric.
- Grinding together paste II and III to make Xacuti masala.
- Heat oil in a pan and add onions and green chillies this is for final preparations.
- After a minute add the marinated chicken pieces.
- After two minutes to this add Xacuti masala and water.
- Cook the whole mixture for about 10 minutes.
- Serve hot with bread or rice.