chicken curry with ghee - 1 chicken curry with ghee - 2

Couple of months ago, V’s maternal uncle and aunt visited us in Kansas. Did I mention I love to have guests at home? Their stay was packed with lots and lots of travel in and around Kansas. In between, we squeezed in some time for food. I baked a cake for them, which aunt requested, and she gave me couple of her signature recipes. This is one of those recipes.

She called this “Marathi chicken”. The specialty of this is the ghee seasoning – she called it “ Kaat ” – the red ghee seasoning that floats on top. She uses ghee in marinade, for frying onion and for the “ kaat “. I used it for only the seasoning.

Ingredients: 1 lb(0.45kg approx) chicken 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves 1 tea spn chopped ginger 1 tea spn chopped garlic 2 green chillies 2 tbl spns lemon juice 1/2 cup onion 1/2 cup tomatoes 1-2 tea spn ghee 1/2 tea spn chilli powder A pinch turmeric

Masala : 1 tea spn cumin seeds 1 tea spn coriander seeds 2″ cinnamon 3-4 cloves 1 tea spn poppy seeds (khus khus) 1/2 tea spn chilli powder 1 tea spn fennel seeds (saunf/badishep) A pinch turmeric 2 tbl spn fresh/frozen coconut

Method: Make a paste of ginger, garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves and lemon juice. Add this paste to chicken and leave it aside for around 30mins. Dry roast fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, poppy seeds. Add coconut, chilli powder, turmeric powder, fry for a minute. Grind with chilli powder, turmeric and coconut to a paste. Keep it aside. Heat oil and fry onion, add little salt to onion to break it down faster. Add tomatoes, chicken and fry for few minutes. Add the paste and cook till chicken is done. Heat ghee and add turmeric, chilli powder. Pour over the curry like a seasoning. Serve with chapatis or rice.

Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 30mins

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