Chicken Recipe,
Chicken Cafreal Goan Style
Chicken
Cafreal
Chicken Cafreal is a very famous
spicy- tempting Goan dish which was brought by Portuguese into Goan culture
during the time Portuguese colonization in India. But it believed that it was
originated in African continent with another name Piri Piri Chicken but Portuguese
made some change in the ingredients of it and that’s how Chicken Cafreal was
originated. Here the marination of Chicken Cafreal is the main thing. Once you
marinate the chicken with loads of fresh coriander, lime juice/vinegar and
along with some spices. You are done
with it. Here chicken Cafreal green paste is the main thing you need do. You
can make other vegetarian options or fish, egg with this Chicken Cafreal paste.
Ingredients:
250 grams chicken (2 leg pieces)
1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp. onion chopped
4 cloves
1 tsp. cumin seed/ jeera
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 bay leave
½ tsp. whole black peppercorns
3-4 green chilies
1 handful fresh coriander leaves
½ lemon/lime juice or vinegar
Salt and sugar to test
Method:
1. Cut some diagonal slit over
chicken leg pieces.
2. Dry roast cloves, cumin seeds, cinnamon
stick, bay leaves, black peppercorns and green chilies together on a pan for 2
minutes and take it out in a grinder jar.
3. Add ginger garlic paste, chopped onion,
coriander leaves and lime juice in the same grinder jar. Blend them together into
a fine smooth green paste. You can add little amount of water if required.
4. Marinate the chicken with salt,
sugar and the chicken cafreal paste. Let it rest for at least 2 hours.
5. After 2 hours, heat a pan and add
white oil. Add the chicken pieces and fry them for 8-9 minutes.
6. Then add the excess marination and
some water. Mix everything properly and cook it for 10-12 minutes. Check it occasionally.
If water is required then only add water. Cover and cook until everything is
cooked.
7.Serve immediately with some
butter and potato wedges. Enjoy
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