Konkani Chicken Curry – Maharashtrian Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up a pan on medium heat.
• Add cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, and black peppercorns.
• Dry roast the spices for 4 – 5 minutes.
• Once roasted nicely, aroma will be released from the spices.
• Take the spices out and add them into a blender pot and grind well.
• Add oil in the same pan.
• Add onion. Fry until the onion gets a deep golden color.
• Add fresh coconut.
• Roast until the coconut gets nice golden color for 4 – 5 minutes.
• Turn off the heat.
• Add this roasted masala in the blender pot having dry spices.
• Grind the masala well.
• Take chicken in a bowl. Wash it well and keep it aside.
• Heat a pan on medium heat. Add oil.  Add finely chopped onion.
• Fry it until the onion turns a slight golden color.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, red chili powder.
• Mix well and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add chicken pieces. Stir well.
• Cover the pan and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Remove the lid. Mix well.
• Just move the chicken a bit aside and add the ground masala in the center of the pan.
• Add red chili powder. Mix well. Mix everything together.
• Add water, salt. Stir well.
• Cover the pan with a lid and cook until the chicken turns tender for 10 minutes.
• Check the chicken with the help of a fork. Add coriander leaves.
• Konkani chicken curry is ready to serve.
• Chicken curry goes well with ghavane.
• Also goes well with tandalachi bhakari and also jwarichi bhakari.