Chicken Xacuti

Name: Chicken Xacuti
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1kg chicken pieces, bone in; 100g desiccated coconut, toasted until golden; 2 tbsp poppy seeds, toasted; 3 dried red chillis; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 4 cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 tsp black pepper; 2 large onions, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2cm fresh ginger, minced; 400g crushed tomatoes; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 handful fresh coriander

Goan chicken curry with a complex spice paste of roasted coconut, poppy seeds and whole spices. Toasting the coconut and whole spices before blending them into a paste gives xacuti its distinctive dark colour and deep, roasted flavour.

Total time

75 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Indian

gluten-free

Ingredients

1kgchicken pieces, bone in

100gdesiccated coconut, toasted until golden

2 tbsppoppy seeds, toasted

3dried red chillis

1 tspfennel seeds

4cloves

1cinnamon stick

1 tspblack pepper

2large onions, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

2cmfresh ginger, minced

400gcrushed tomatoes

4 tbspvegetable oil

1 handfulfresh coriander

Instructions

Blend toasted coconut, poppy seeds, chillis, fennel, cloves, cinnamon and pepper into a paste.

Fry onions in oil until golden, add garlic and ginger.

Add spice paste and cook 5 minutes until fragrant and darkened.

Add chicken pieces and brown all over.

Add tomatoes and cook 5 minutes.

Add 300ml water, cover and simmer 35 minutes until chicken is very tender.

Uncover and reduce sauce to thick consistency.

Scatter with coriander and serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

934

Protein

72.6g

Fat

60.3g

Carbs

31.8g

Fiber

14.4g

Sodium

289mg

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