Chicken Cafreal

                

 

                   Chicken Cafreal

It's a rich, traditional, brilliant Goan Portuguese chicken curry, which is also known as galinha cafreal. Galinha is Portuguese that means chicken. The Portuguese brought this dish from Mozambique; the chicken cafreal dish idea was actually inspired by the Mozambique culture and was introduced to Goa. Goa than added its own charm and now it has turned to be Goa’s one of the most loved and preferred dishes because of it spicy and the mouth-watering flavours. Chicken cafreal is very easy and can be prepared at home itself, the cafreal gravy can either made dry or as you prefer it. So get ready as we are all set to prepare chicken cafreal at home.

Ingredients:

Green Chilies    :4-5 chilies

Cumin seeds      :1 tablespoon

Coriander seeds :2 tablespoon

Peppercorns       :7-8 peppercorns

Cinnamon          :1 of two inch

Poppy seeds       :1 tablespoon

Cloves                :7-8       

Coriander leaves:1 bunch

Ginger                :2 inch

Garlic                 :13-14 garlic pods

Salt                     :as per the taste

Sugar                  :as per the taste

Turmeric powder:1 teaspoon

Tamarind            :a small boll

Lemon                :half lemon

Chicken pieces

Refined Oil          :50 ml

 Method

 Step 1: clean the chicken and make cuts to the chicken pieces so that it marinates inside the chicken, apply salt well to the chicken and keep aside.

Step 2: In a pan dry roast Cumin seeds, Coriander seeds, Peppercorn, Cinnamon, Poppy seeds, Cloves, Turmeric powder and mix well. Add garlic pods, ginger and chilies, mix it well till slightly brown add bunch of coriander leaves, tamarind and half lemon juice, mix and let it cool. Once it cools down add it all to the mixer grinder and add half cup of water and grind it to smooth paste, adding sugar according to your taste.

Step 3: add the smooth paste to the chicken and mix it well with the chicken and let marinate it for an hour.

Step 4: In a pan heat 50 ml oil, gently roast the marinated chicken pieces on medium heat, keep turning them for 5-6 times, cover and cook for 15 min, frying on the either sides of the chicken letting to dry the water and oil once the chicken is fried.




You can serve with your favorite salad or with Roti, rice or the Goan Poe anything that you love the most.