Sunday, October 21, 2007

Chicken Cafreal

Chicken Cafreal
This recipe is believed to have originated from Africa. It basically means "grilled chicken", although in Goa it is fried instead of being grilled.

1 kg chicken,cut into chunk size pieces with skin
1 lemon, juice
2 tbsp oil
2 potatoes, peeled and sliced
salt to taste
For the green masala
6 green chilies
6 cloves garlic
2 green cardamom pods
2 cloves
bunch of coriander leaves
1 inch ginger
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1.Pierce the chicken with a fork.
2.Marinate them in salt and sour lime juice Grind the masala ingredients to a paste spread this paste too over the chicken and let it marinate for atleast 2 hours .
3.Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the chicken pcs and saute for 10 mins,till the skin of the chicken is dark and the juices run clear when the chickenare pricked.
4.Halfway through add the potato slices so that they too fry with the chicken.
Serve hot with lemon wedges and bread.

3 comments:

The Visitor said...

Hi GJ,
Busy making money, that you haven't updated your food blog since almost a year? ;)

The Visitor said...

BTW, your other blog is looking great...

Uma said...

wow...an ancient comment from OT gone unnoticed...lol. Man, who can afford food anymore...I live off broadband ;D