Chicken Xacauti

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken

5-6 medium size Onion

2 cups grated coconut + 1 cup grated coconut to extrat juice

2 tsp turmeric powder

15 red chilies (bedgi)

2 tbsp coriander seeds

15 peppercorns

1 Bay Leaf

¼ nutmeg

10 cloves

½ tsp shahjeera

5 cm cinnamon stick

1 tsp fennel

1 tbsp poppy seeds

½ star anise

12 flakes of garlic

5 green chilies

½ bunch green coriander

5 cm ginger piece

3 tbsp oil

Little green coriander for garnishing

Salt to taste

3 onion

(Fry 2 in the paste with coconut)

Method:

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai and stir fry coriander seeds till brown. Add red chillies and stir on for 2 minutes.

Remove this mixture from the kadhai and keep a side. Put 1 tbsp oil in the kadhai and stir fry all the garam masala i.e. from peppercorns to star anise one after other until strong aroma wafts from the pan. Remove this mixture, again add 1 tbsp oil to it. Cut 2-3 onions lengthwise and stir fry till they   turn light brown. Add 2 cups of grated coconut and stir fry until brown.remove the mixture from the pan.

Grind roasted chillies, coriander and all garam masala to a fine paste. Also grind roasted coconut and onion to a fine paste separately. Apply green masala paste to the chicken with turmeric and little salt. Cut remaining onion fine. Heat Remaining oil in a large pot and stir fry the above onion till it turns light brown. To this add chicken and cook it over low heat till chicken becomes soft. Then add  garam masala paste and cook for another 5 minutes then add ground coconut paste and cook for further for 15-20 minutes. Squeeze the thick coconut milk from rest 1 cup of grated coconut and add to the above chicken. Garnish it with green coriander.

                       

Ready to eat chicken xacuti with rice…!