Ingredients

• 1 kg - chicken
• 1 tbsp - ginger & garlic paste
• 1 tsp - tamarind paste
• 1 tsp - fenugreek seeds
• 1 tsp - couscous
• 2 small onions
• 1 cup - fresh coconut
• whole dhania
• whole jeera
• 6 pieces cloves
• 8 to 9 kalimirch
• 1 big stick cinnamon
• 4 green cardamom
• 4 to 5 red chillies
• 1 tsp - aniseed (saunf)
• haldi powder to taste
• salt to taste

How to Make Chicken Xacuti with Coconut

• Cut chicken into pieces, wash and keep aside.
• Add oil in a pan and fry the cloves, kalamirch, cinnamon, cardamom for a while and keep aside.
• In the same oil, add coconut, onion, zeera, dhania, red chillies, garlic and saunf till the coconut turns light golden brown.
• Remove and put in the mixie along with the fenugreek seeds, couscous, ginger, tamarind, turmeric powder and grind to a paste.
• Heat oil and fry the ground masala for a few mins.
• Then add chicken with little water and salt.
• Cover and let it cook for 20 mins.