Chicken Cafreal Recipe, Goan Style Chicken Cafreal
Chicken Cafreal Recipe is the most famous Goan Chicken Dish. Goan Chicken Cafreal Recipe is very commonly cooked, mostly served with bread, and also as a snack with fried potatoes. Mostly prepared with chicken cafreal masala . Chicken Cafreal Goan Style is my favorite dish from childhood. Check this recipe of chicken cafreal in Goan style.
Servings: 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 750 gms chicken (legs or pieces) washed and drained
- ½ tsp tumeric powder
- ½ tsp salt
- water if required
- 4 tbsp oil
Grinding
- 2 cups fresh coriander leaves
- 4 green chilies
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp whole cumin seeds
- 4 peppercorns
- 5 cloves
- 1½ inch cinnamon stick
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 juice of 1 lime
- 1 tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- For chicken cafreal, take the chicken legs or chicken pieces and dry pat them. Make deep slits on them.
- Add turmeric powder, and salt, and apply them. Set aside for 15 minutes
- In the meantime, prepare the chicken cafreal masala, grind the masala given in the grinding to a fine smooth paste. Add little water if necessary.
- Rub the grinded masala, all over the chicken on all sides and inside the slits. Keep it aside to marinate in the fridge for overnight or for 2-3 hours.
- After marination, take a heavy-bottomed pan and heat 3 tablespoons oil. Add the chicken pieces and fry them on high heat for at least 1 minute
- On low heat, cover the lid and cook them for at least 10 minutes on each side.
- Then open the lid, add a little water if necessary, and let it cook for 15-20 minutes till the chicken is cooked (turns brown) and the cafreal masala thickens. It should coat the chicken well.
- Serve Chicken Cafreal with rice or bread (pao) or as a snack with fried potatoes.
Notes
- The more longer the chicken in kept under marination, the chicken cafreal will become more tasty.
- Adjust the salt and spices according to your taste.