Chicken Xachuti

Chicken Xachuti

Ingredients

Chicken 1 kg
Coconut (nariyel), grated 1 large
Tamarind (imli) A walnut size ball
Ginger (adrakh) chopped 1 tea spoon
Onion (payaz) , finely chopped 2 cups
Garlic (lahsan), chopped 2 table spoon
Cloves (laung)  6
Green cardamom (hari elaichi) 6
Vinegar (sirka) 1 table spoon
Salt To taste

for Roasting (Spices)

Dill (sua) seeds 1 table spoon
Cinnamon (dalchini) 2” piece
Peppercorn (kali mirch) 14-15
Poppy seeds (khuskhus) 1 table spoon
Dried red chilli (lal mirch) 3
Kasmiri red chilli (kashmiri lal mirch) 3
Cumin (jeera) seeds 1 tea spoon
Coriander (dhaniya) seeds 1 tea spoon
Mustard (sarso) seeds 1 table spoon

for garnishing

Coconut (nariyel) pieces  ¼ cup
Nutmeg powder (jaiphal) ¼ tea spoon

Instructions

  1. Grate coconut, take out ¾ from it and squeeze it to take out first milk.
  2. Now add a cup of water in it, grind it and remove second milk.
  3. Soak tamarind in second coconut milk.
  4. Roast rest grated coconut (¼th) in a pan and keep aside.
  5. Now take other roasting ingredients in same pan and roast them. (It is always better if you can roast them separately).
  6. Now take theses roasted ingredients in a blender jar, add roasted coconut, ginger and turmeric powder in it and make a smooth paste.
  7. Heat oil in a pan, add onion and garlic and fry them till they become brown.
  8. Now add ground paste and fry them for 2-3 minutes.
  9. Then add chicken and cook them on low flame.
  10. Now add tamarind pulp along with the coconut milk (2nd milk).
  11. Cook this when chicken is almost done.
  12. Now add thick coconut milk, cloves, cardamom, vinegar and salt.
  13. Garnish it with tiny cubes of coconut and sprinkle nutmeg powder.
  14. Serve chicken xachuti with boiled rice.

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