🌶️Indian (Trad)

Chicken Xacuti

Name: Chicken Xacuti
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 chicken breast; 1 tspn fennel seeds; 2 tbspn oil; 2 tspn coriander seeds; 20 gm dessicated coconut; 150 gm onion (prepared weight); ¼ tspn cumin seeds; ¼ tspn salt; 4 black peppercorns; 1 tspn lemon juice; fresh coriander to garnish

A traditional Indian chicken xacuti with chicken breast, fennel seeds, coriander seeds. Cooked from scratch with authentic spices.

20 min

Prep

29 min

Cook

Medium

Difficulty

Ingredients

Steps

Ingredients

Servings

1 chicken breast
1 tspn fennel seeds
2 tbspn oil
2 tspn coriander seeds
20 gm dessicated coconut
150 gm onion (prepared weight)
¼ tspn cumin seeds
¼ tspn salt
4 black peppercorns
1 tspn lemon juice
fresh coriander to garnish

Method

1
Mix the dessicated coconut with 50 ml of water and set aside for .
2
Finely chop the onion.
3
Cut the chicken breast into 2 or 3 pieces.
4
Chop the fresh coriander.
5
Roughly crush the coriander seeds and peppercorns in a pestle and mortar.
6
Add 1 tbspn of oil to a wok or heavy pan over a low heat.
7
Fry the cumin seeds, peppercorns, fennel and coriander seeds for 3 - until they begin to splutter.
8
Add the onion and fry, stirring occasionally, for .
9
Stir in the coconut with its soaking water, add the salt, and fry, stirring occasionally, for .
10
Blend the coconut mixture to a coarse paste and reserve.