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Recipe for chicken ghee roast | Mangalore chicken ghee roast

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, mangalore, South Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For Marinating the chicken:
  • ½ kg chicken
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp thick curd
For making masala paste:
  • 1 tbsp coriander powder
  • 8 Kashmiri Red chilly
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
  • ½ tsp peppercorns
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 inch ginger
For making chicken ghee roast:
  • 4 tbsp ghee
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tbsp tamarind extract (thick)
  • 1 tsp jaggery powder
  • 1 spring curry leaves

Method
 

For Marinating the chicken:
  1. Take 1/2 kg of chicken that is washed thoroughly in a bowl
  2. Add in 1 tbsp of lemon juice, 1 tsp of salt, ½ tsp of turmeric powder, 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste, and 3 tbsp of curd and mix well
  3. Leave it for at least 1 hour (Keep it in the fridge)
For making masala paste:
  1. Heat a pan, add in 1 tbsp of coriander seeds, 1 tsp fennel seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp of peppercorns, ¼ tsp of fenugreek seeds, 8 number Kashmiri Red chilly
  2. Roast these spices in low flame for about 2 minutes
  3. And then cool this mixture and add in a blender jar with 4 garlic cloves and 1-inch ginger
  4. Blend into a fine paste with a little amount of water. And keep this aside for later use
For making chicken ghee roast:
  1. Heat 4 tbsp of ghee in a pan, add thinly sliced onion-1, saute it for a while until onion becomes golden brown with a pinch of salt.
  2. Next, add in marinated chicken, saute it in medium flame for about 10 minutes
  3. and then, add the ground paste and mix, and 1 tbsp of tamarind extract cook for another 5 minutes or until the mixture becomes thick
  4. When the chicken is almost done, add 1 tsp of jaggery powder and give a mix
  5. Finally, put some curry leaves and give a mix and turn off the flame.
    That is it, Mangalore chicken ghee roast is done. Serve it with neer dosa or rice or rotis.