Rich Duck Roast with Kashmiri Chillies

Ingredients for Rich Duck Roast with Kashmiri Chillies:

1. Duck – 1
2. Coconut oil – 6.5 small spoons
3. Kashmiri chilli – 15, broken into pieces
   Coriander seeds – A handful
4. Fennel seeds – 2 pinch
   Cinnamon – 2.5-inch piece
   Cardamom – 4
   Cloves – 3
   Mace – 2
5. Meat masala powder – 1 small spoon
   Pepper powder – ½ small spoon
   Turmeric powder – 1/4 small spoon
6. Mustard – ½ small spoon
7. Shallots – 300 gm, chopped
   Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
   Ginger – 1 small piece, chopped
   Garlic – 1 full, chopped
8. Tomato – 1, chopped fine
   Salt – For taste
9. Cashews – To garnish

How to prepare Rich Duck Roast with Kashmiri Chillies?

1. Clean the duck and cut it into 8-10 pieces.
2. Heat ½ a small spoon of oil in a pan and fry chillies till they turn colour.
3. Add coriander seeds and sauté again.
4. When the colour changes, turn off the flame.
5. Add ingredients no: 4 and mix well.
6. When the contents cool, make a powder using a mixer.
7. Add ingredients no: 5 to it, along with a little water and blend the contents again to get a fine paste.
8. Heat oil in a pan and sputter mustard seeds.
9. Add ingredients no: 7 and sauté well.
10. Add tomato and salt, and continue sauting till it turns golden brown.
11. Add duck pieces to it and sauté for 5 more minutes.
12. Transfer the contents to a pressure cooker and cook them.
13. When the pressure drops to zero, open the lid of the cooker and take the thin layer of oil forming on the surface of the duck gravy.
14. Transfer that oil to a pan and fry duck pieces one after another.
15. In the remaining oil, add the duck gravy.
16. When the gravy thickens and turns brown, add the fried duck pieces.
17. Continue cooking till the duck pieces get a good coat of gravy.
18. You can make it rich by sprinkling a few cashews on top.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 16-29, 2022

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