Goan Style Chicken Curry

Sneeze..Blow..Wipe.... Sneeze..Blow..Wipe ..Thats what we have been doing for some days. With the entire North East in the grip of the worst allergy ever , I cant say its unfortunate that we also fell as victims to it.

Do you know that chicken and spices are good when you have cold ? yeah really!!!

Bursting with flavorful spices , this Goan style chicken is a love at first dip. My mom makes only Pork vindaloo at home , and never chciken , and the logic she says is only pork gives you the amazingly delicious , highly unhealthy , fatty oil at the end...LOL..I love that a lot... This is not an authentic Chicken Vindaloo recipe , but  a mix of the same from Goan Food recipes , Vanitha , and my own.

Recipe For Goan Chicken Vindaloo
Ingredients:-
Chicken - 1 kg
Salt to taste


Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Vinegar - 3 table spoon
Bowl 1
Kashmiri Red chilies - 10
Cumin - 1 tea spoon
Black pepper corns - 1 tea spoon
Cloves - 3-4
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Star Anise - 1 or 2
Bowl 2
Onion sliced - 2 
Tomato chopped - 1
Garlic - 3-4 cloves
Ginger - a small piece
Directions:-

Clean and cut the chicken into 2 inch pieces  and  apply salt and set aside for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile Soak all the ingredients in Bowl 1 in water for 15-20 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan add sliced onions and ginger and garlic , saute for 7-8 minutes and add tomato , saute well for another 3-4 minutes . Remove from flame . Grind this with all the soaked ingredients( Bowl 1) , turmeric and vinegar to a paste.

Transfer this to a cooking pot , add salt marinated chicken , and 1/2 cup of water , cook covered till done, for like 30 minutes. Uncover and let simmer for 5 minutes. Adjust the consistency of the gravy by simmering.

Note :- 

• You can omit Tomato and make it or  add 1 more table spoon vinegar .
• Adjust the number of chilies as per your heat level.

Good Day

Sarah

Pork Vindaloo

Recipe for Pork Vindaloo
Serves - 3-4
Total cooking time - 2 hours for marination + 45 minutes plus cooking time

Ingredients:-

Pork - 1/2 kg

Bowl 1

Dried Red chilli - 8-9

Ginger - a small piece

Garlic -5-small cloves
Cumin - 1/4 tea spoon

Peppercons - 7

Cloves - 4-6

Cinnamon - 1 piece

Vinegar - 1- 1.5 tea spoon

Onion - 2 small
Mace - 2
crushed pepper - a pinch

Salt to taste

Oil

Method:-
Clean and cut the pork into cubes and marinate with salt and keep aside.
Soak all the ingredients in Bowl 1 in warm water for 15 minutes.
Grind this to a fine paste with vinegar. Apply this to the pork pieces and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours
Heat oil in a pan and saute chopped onions. When they are soft , remove from heat and let cool.
Grind this in  blender and mix it with the marinated pork
Transfer everything to a cooking pan , add enough water to cook , mace , a pinch of crushed black pepper and cook covered for 30 minutes . Uncover and add 1-2 tablespoons of oil if needed and let it simmer for another 15 minutes or until it is done 

Serve hot with Roti or Rice

Recipe adapted from here