Chicken Ghee Roast | Ventuno Home Cooking
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Chicken Ghee Roast - Recipe
Ingredients: Chicken - 1 kg
Juice of 1 lemon
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Curd / yogurt - 1/2 cup
For masala:
Coriander seeds - 2 Tbsp
Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
Pepper corns - 6 to 7 nos
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Cinnamon - a small piece
Cloves - 4 to 5 nos
Long Red chilis - 5 to 6 nos
Round Red chilis - 4 nos
Ginger - a small piece
Garlic - few cloves
Tamarind - a small piece
Ghee - 2 Tbsp:
for half-cooking the chicken
For cooking:
Ghee - 1 to 2 tsp
Onions - 2 nos (chopped)
Few curry leaves
Ground masala paste
Salt
Water
Method:
1. To the chicken pieces add lemon juice, turmeric powder, salt & yogurt. Mix well and marinate for 2 hours
2. Dry roast coriander seeds, fennel seeds, pepper corns, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, red chilis, ginger, garlic, tamarind
3. Let it cool and then grind with little water to a fine paste
4. In a wide pan, add ghee & marinated chicken. Mix well then close and cook for 15 minutes. Keep aside.
5. Now heat oil. Add onions & curry leaves. Saute till brown
6. Add the ground masala paste and cook till dry
7. Add chicken pieces, salt, curry leaves, more ghee (if needed) & little water. Mix gently
8. Close and cook till the water evaporates and the chicken becomes dry.
Enjoy!
