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Goan coconut chicken curry
Author:
EasyRecipes .
Recipe type: Curries
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 6
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The secret to this rich curry is a homemade spice paste made with toasted coconut.
Ingredients
- 2 tbs grapeseed oil
- 2 brown onions, finely chopped
- 6 (about 1.1kg) skinless chicken thigh cutlets, excess fat trimmed
- 6 (about 650g) chicken lovely legs
- 375ml (1½ cups) water
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 whole star anise (see note)
- 3 tsp tamarind puree
- 2 tbs chopped fresh coriander
- Steamed basmati rice, to serve
- Coconut paste
- 85g (1 cup) desiccated coconut
- 1 tbs coriander seeds
- 1½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1½ tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 small fresh red chillies, finely chopped
- ¾ tsp ground turmeric
- 60ml (1/4 cup) water
- 2 tbs grapeseed oil
Instructions
- To make the coconut paste, heat a heavy-based frying pan over medium heat. Add coconut. Stir for 2 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a food processor. Wipe pan clean. Add coriander, cumin, fennel and peppercorns. Stir for 1-2 minutes or until aromatic. Transfer to a mortar and pound with a pestle until finely crushed. Add garlic, chilli, turmeric and coriander mixture to the food processor. Process until combined. Add water and oil. Process until a coarse paste forms.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion. Stir for 8 minutes or until soft and golden. Add coconut paste. Stir for 2 minutes or until aromatic. Add chicken and stir for 2 minutes or until coated. Stir in water, cloves, cinnamon and star anise. Season. Cover. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour. Uncover. Simmer for 20 minutes or until sauce is thick and chicken is tender.
- Stir in tamarind. Cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the coriander. Serve with steamed rice.
Notes
A mortar and pestle produces the best results, but if you want to spare yourself the arm workout, try crushing your toasted spices in a spice grinder.
If whole star anise is not available, substitute with ¼ tsp ground star anise.
If whole star anise is not available, substitute with ¼ tsp ground star anise.
