Chicken Ghee Roast Mangalore Style | Kundapur Ghee Roast Chicken

Chicken Roast

Chicken Ghee Roast Kundapur is a Mangalorean delicacy. Its origins can be traced to the coastal town, Kundapur, close to Mangalore. Kundapur Chicken Ghee Roast is fiery-hot, spicy and tangy with the distinctive flavor of ghee.

Chicken Ghee Roast

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Chicken Ghee Roast Recipe:

Ghee Roasted Chicken is a classic South Indian chicken recipe which finds a pride of place in most Mangalore restaurant menus. Delicious chicken roast cooked in pure ghee and freshly ground spices and a sprinkling of curry leaves will leave you craving for more!

Mangalore Chicken Roast is easy to prepare and perfect to serve on a wintery day.

Firstly, clean and cut the chicken into medium pieces.
Then marinate the chicken with curd, salt, turmeric and lemon juice.

Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. Take it out after 2 hours and bring it to room temperature.
Heat a frying pan and dry roast pepper corns, coriander seeds, dry red chillies, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds (saunf) and cumin seeds till a nice fragrance issues forth. Then add garlic pods, sauté and remove.

Cool, add tamarind paste and grind to a smooth paste.

Heat ghee in the same frying pan and toss in curry leaves followed by sliced onions. (Adding onions is optional). Sauté for a minute or two.

Now sprinkle turmeric and salt and fry for 1-2 minutes.

Next add the marinated chicken pieces and mix well. Cook for 4-5 minutes.

Now put in the ground masala paste and combine well so that the chicken pieces are well coated with the masala paste.

Cover and cook on medium heat till the chicken is tender. Keep stirring in-between. Don’t add water as the chicken gives out a lot of water.

Once all the masalas are well absorbed and the dish is almost dry, garnish with fresh coriander leaves and remove into a serving dish.

Serve Mangalorean Chicken Ghee Roast with Steamed rice, Dosa or Appams.

If you are searching for more roast recipes, do try out Yam Roast and Masala Roasted Eggplants.

Kundapur Roasted Chicken Recipe details below:

Chicken Ghee Roast Kundapur

Chicken Ghee Roast Kundapur style is a finger-lickin’ good dry chicken recipe where the aroma of pure ghee and roasted spices lends a distinct flavor to the dish. Chicken Dry Roast is a coastal chicken dish from Kundapur, Mangalore. Learn how to make famous Kundapur style Chicken Ghee Roast.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mangalore

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 40

Total Time 2 40

Servings 4

Calories 122kcal

Author Shil

Ingredients

Chicken – 500 gms

For the Marinade:

Curd – 3tbsp
Salt – ¼ tsp
Turmeric – 1/8 tsp
Lemon – ½

Dry Roast:

Dry red chillies – 4-6, you can add/reduce depending on your spice level
Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Peppercorns – 2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds – ¼ tsp
Garlic Pods – 6
Tamarind paste – 1 tsp
Fennel seeds/Saunf – ½ tsp

Fry:

Ghee – 1 ½ - 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Onion (optional) – 1 large, finely chopped
Salt – ½ tsp
Turmeric – ¼ tsp
Sugar – ½ tsp
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Instructions

Wash and cut the chicken into medium-sized pieces. In a mixing bowl add curd, salt, turmeric and lemon juice. Mix well and marinate the chicken in this mixture. Refrigerate for about 2 hours minimum. Pull out about 30 minutes before preparing the dish and bring it to room temperature.
Heat a frying pan and dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, peppercorns, fenugreek seeds and fennel seeds. Add garlic pods, stir for a few seconds and remove from flame. Cool and grind to paste along with tamarind paste.
Heat ghee in the pan. Add curry leaves and allow to crackle. Add chopped onions and sauté till they brown. Add the marinated chicken cubes and fry for 1-2 minutes. Add salt and turmeric and let it cook for 4-5 minutes.
Add the ground paste, mix well and cook covered till the chicken is done and all the masalas dry up. Garnish with coriander leaves and remove.
Serve authentic Chicken Ghee Roast with Jeera Rice.

Notes

* While dry red chillies give a unique colour and flavor to the dish, you can reduce the spice level by decreasing the number of dry red chillies and adding a teaspoon of Kashmiri red chilli powder to lend a lovely colour to the dish.
* * If you don’t have tamarind paste, soak a marble-sized tamarind in about in 2 tbsp of water and use the extract.