Chicken Cafreal - Goan Dish
 
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
  • Chicken, boneless, cubed- 3 chicken breasts
To marinate chicken
  • Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp
  • Salt- ¾ tsp
To saute
  • Oil- 1 tbsp
  • Onion, diced- 1 small-sized onion
  • Tomato, diced- 1
For making the sauce
  • Onion, minced- 2 tbsp
  • Garlic, minced- 1 tsp
  • Ginger, minced- 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
  • Cardamom, whole- 3
  • Clove- 1
  • Whole cinnamon- 1-inch slice
  • Ground black pepper- 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder- ⅛ tsp
  • Cilantro or coriander leaves- ¼ cup
Instructions
  1. To the cubed chicken, add ginger-garlic paste and salt, combine well.
  2. Let marinate for 10 minutes.
  3. Grind the above-mentioned ingredients 'for making the sauce' with 2 tbsp water and make it into a smooth paste.
  4. Heat a wide pan, add oil and add onion, saute till onions turn soft.
  5. Add the diced tomato and let it cook. well.
  6. Add the marinated chicken, cover the pan with its lid, let the chicken cook well.
  7. After the chicken has cooked well and most of the water has evaporated, pour the sauce over the chicken and combine well.
  8. Cook the sauce till the raw smell of the sauce goes away.
  9. Stir fry the chicken over high heat till the sauce has thickened and starts to turn slightly brown.
  10. Tastes better when the chicken has stir-fried till brown spots have formed.
  11. Transfer to a serving bowl and enjoy with rice, naan or chapatis.
Notes
This is a dish with not much gravy in it.
You could make this watery by adding little water after the sauce has cooked well.
I would say the thickened and slightly browned version tastes much better.
You could try this with King fish too, when using fish don't over cook the fish.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/chicken-cafreal-goan-dish/