{Recipe}Chicken Xacuti

Xacuti is a curry prepared in Goa India with complex spicing including white poppy seeds, grated coconut, dried chilies and many other medley spices. In Goa Xacuti gravy is made with either Chicken/Beef/Mutton. For every celebration Xacuti is must to have in the menu in most of the Household.

 Xacuti Gravy goes best with Goan peas pulao or Pao or undo(breads).Once the Xacuti is cooked in house you cannot resist yourself to attack it. Xacuti is  one of my all time favourite gravy and after marriage its loved by my hubby too Mr Tony Greg .;)

Serving 4-6
Total Preparation : 1 hour
Marinating time for chicken 30 min

Ingredients

1 kg chicken
4 green chilies
1 inch ginger
1 tsp. Turmeric powder
1 coconut scrapped
3 medium onions
10 cloves of garlic
10 red chilies
2 table spoon coriander seeds  
10 pepper corns
1 big cinnamon stick
10 cloves
5 Cardamom
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/4 piece of nut meg
4 medium tomatoes
oil
salt to taste
water as required

Method

1.For marinating make paste of ginger,green chilies,garlic, apply this to chicken along with salt and turmeric, allow it to marinate for 1/2 hour.To make the main masala of xacuti follow the step carefully.

2. Cut 2 onions vertically and fry in little oil till light brown then add coconut and fry mixture till golden brown and once cooled grind into fine paste.(white ground paste)

3. Add 1 tsp oil and on low flame fry coriander seeds,kashmiri chilies,cinnamon,cardamom,cloves,pepper corns,poppy seeds,sesame seeds,nutmeg,fennel seeds and make paste of it.(red paste)

4.Then in deep casserole add 2 tablespoon oil ,one onion chopped and fry well ,then add marinated chicken and allow it to cook for about 10 min.

5. Then add the coconut based masala (white ground paste )and mix it well in chicken .Allow the chicken to cook for 5 min .

6.Add the spice based masala (red paste )and mix well in chicken and let it shimmer on slow for more 5 min . Also if required adjust the consistency by adding required water.

7.  lastly add the chopped tomatoes on top and allow chicken to cook for more 10 -15 min on slow flame. Serve hot with white rice or  pulao or Goan Pao. Tastes really yum the next day and specially with pao or unnde.

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