" Chicken cafreal (galinha cafreal) "

" Chicken cafreal (galinha cafreal) "
 By Chef Prashant Adsule.


This Goan-style spicy fried chicken was introduced by Portuguese colonists (the sauce in which it’s marinated tastes a lot like Portugese peri-peri). It features a peppery flavor thanks to the use of green cardamom, black peppercorn, ginger, roughly chopped green chillies and masala.


Serves: 6 | Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 25 mins | Extra time: 1 hour, marinating


Ingredients:


1 Chicken
6 Green Chilies
A bunch of Coriander leaves
15 Cloves of garlic
1 inch piece of ginger
1 tablespoon khus-khus
1 tablespoon Jeera
8 Cloves
6 Peppercorns
1 inch Cinnamon
2-4 Green Cardamom
1/2 teaspoon Tumeric powder
1 tablespoon Tamarind
1 Lime
Oil For shallow frying
Salt To taste


Method:


1. Wash the chicken and cut up into large chunks. Apply salt and set aside.
2. Grind together the chillies, coriander leaves, garlic, ginger, khus-khus, jeera, cloves, peppercorns, green cardamom, cinnamon, tumeric powder and tamarind into a fine paste.
3. Apply the ground paste to the chicken and let it marinate for atleast 1 hour. For best results let it marinate overnight.
4. In a Non-stick pan add enough oil for shallow frying. When oil is hot then add chicken and fry, turning all sides till golden brown. 
5. When chicken done, squeeze lime over the chicken and serve.