Chicken Cafreal / Goan Chicken Fry

 Chicken cafreal is a spicy delicious chicken preparation from Goa. The chicken is marinated with dark greenish paste for long time has a juicy and tender texture. Some potato wedges are also fried in the same oil and it's a lovely combination.  It is so easy to prepare and a unique taste too. It is served as a starter or as a side dish. Start making this yummy dish to please your crowd.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- ½ kg
2. Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
3. Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
4. Salt-to taste
5. Green chilly-2 nos
6. Cinnamon- 2 small sticks
7. Cloves-4 nos
8. Pepper corns-1 tsp
9. Vinegar-2 tbsp
10. Coriander leaves- 2 tbsp
11. Oil-for shallow frying
12. Potato-1 medium

Preparation:

• Wash chicken pieces well; drain it and pat the excess water in it with a kitchen towel.
• In blender add all the ingredients from 2 to 10 and make a fine paste out of it without adding water.
• Marinate it in the chicken pieces well and keep in fridge for at least 3 hours or a whole night.
• Shallow fry it in hot oil for few minutes until just cooked (don’t over fry).
• Peel and cut the potato in to small wedges.
• Add it in to the chicken marinated bowl (no need of any marination there; but just to get a taste).
• After frying chicken; add potato wedges in the same oil.
• Fry it until golden in color; take it out and add it in to the fried chicken.
• Serve hot and enjoy the great taste …J

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