Chicken Peera Roast

 

Ingredients for Chicken Peera Roast:

1. Chicken legs -3
2. Chilli powder – 1 tsp
3. Garlic paste – 1 tsp
4. Pepper powder – ¼ tsp
5. Salt – as needed
6. Garam masala – 1 tsp
7. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
8. Lemon juice – ½ tsp
9. Coconut oil – as needed

How to prepare Chicken Peera Roast?

1. Mix all ingredients together except the coconut oil and chicken pieces.
2. Marinate the chicken pieces with masala and keep it for 20-25 minutes.
3. Fry in hot coconut oil.

For Chicken Masala:

1. Coconut, grated and roasted – 50 gm
2. Cashew fried – 10 gm
3. Coconut oil – 1 big spoon
4. Mustard – 1 pinch
5. Curry leaves – 1 stem
6. Shallots sliced – 100 gm
7. Tomato – 1
8. Green chilli chopped – 1
9. Chicken masala – 1 small spoon
10. Coconut milk – 80 milli
11. Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
12. Cardamom – 1
13. Fennel seeds – 1 pinch
14. Coconut grated – 50 gm
15. Ghee – 5 ml
16. Cumin seeds – 1 pinch
17. Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 pinch
18. Green chilli end spitted – 1

How to prepare the masala for the chicken?

1. Grind roasted coconut and cashew nuts.
2. Heat oil and sputter mustard seeds.
3. Add chopped green chilli, chicken masala, tomato and shallots and sauté well.
4. Add ground coconut-cashew paste along with coconut milk.
5. Add fried chicken pieces and boil for 5 minutes.
6. Heat the ghee in another pan.
7. Sauté cumin seeds, cinnamon, fennel seeds and cardamom.
8. Add grated coconut and fry on a low flame till it becomes brown.
9. Add chilli powder as well. Mix the contents with the chicken curry and stir well.

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