Chicken Ghee Roast-Mangalorean Culinary Gem
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4
 
Ingredients
  • 500 gms Chicken (with bones)-washed and cleaned
  • 4-5 tbsp Ghee
  • ½ Cup Curd (125 gms)
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • Salt
  • 1 tbsp Tamarind
  • 1.5 tbsp Jaggery
  • 10-12 Curry Leaves
  • Ghee Roast Masala: -
  • 8 Byadagi Dry Red Chilies
  • 6 Guntur dry Red Chilies (can be replaced with any spicy Chilies)
  • ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • ½ tsp Cloves (6-8 nos)
  • ¼th tsp Fenugreek Seeds
  • 1 tsp Whole Peppercorns
  • 1.5 tbsp Whole Coriander Seeds
  • 12-15 Cloves of Garlic
Instructions
  1. We will start with Chicken marination. In a large bowl, add Turmeric Powder, Salt, Lemon juice and mix well. Add Curd and whisk well.
  2. Add Chicken pieces. Usually Chicken Ghee roast requires chicken with bones but you can use boneless Chicken also if so desired. Coat the Chicken pieces well. Cover and keep the coated Chicken for 2 hours in refrigerator
  3. Meanwhile, let's soak Red Chilies and Tamarind in some hot water. Pour hot water on Red Chilies. Soak Tamarind ball in 1-2 tbsp hot water.
  4. For roasting spices, add 1 tsp Ghee in a Pan. Let the Ghee melt. As Ghee melts, add Whole Coriander Seeds, Whole Peppercorns, Mustard Seeds, Cloves, Fenugreek Seeds and Cumin Seeds. Roast the spices in Ghee until it begins to release aroma.
  5. It's almost 1 and ½ mins. Let's take the masala off the heat and allow it to cool down completely.
  6. In a grinder jar, add roasted spices. Add soaked Tamarind and Tamarind water. Add Garlic. Finally, add soaked red chilies and grind into a fine paste. Fine and thick masala paste. We have used ½ Cup water for grinding
  7. We will now roast marinated chicken in Pan. We will use same Pan for roasting for maximum flavors. Add 2 tbsp Ghee.
  8. As Ghee melts, add marinated Chicken. Roast on high heat for 2-3 mins. After 3 mins of roasting, lower the heat. Cover and cook Chicken on low heat.
  9. We have cooked Chicken for 15 mins on low heat. Remove it from Pan. Ghee is an important ingredient in this recipe. Let's add 2 tbsp Ghee in the pan.
  10. Add Masala paste and add Salt to taste. Roast Masala in Ghee for sometime
  11. I have roasted Masala for 5-6 mins on low heat. Oil begins to ooze out from the sides. Add cooked Chicken and mix in masala paste. Do not add any extra water in Chicken Ghee roast. Cover and cook on low heat
  12. We have cooked Chicken for almost 10 mins now. Chicken Ghee roast is almost ready. Now add Jaggery and Curry Leaves.
  13. Chicken Ghee Roast is a thick masala preparation. We will cook for couple of mins on high heat to get rid of extra moisture
  14. After 2-3 mins, switch off the heat. Cover the Pan until Chicken Ghee Roast is ready to be served
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/chicken-ghee-roast/