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Chicken Xacuti
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.
Ingredients
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.
