Chicken Roast | How To Roast A Chicken Indian Style | Easy Chicken Ghee Roast For Rice, Chapati

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Chicken roast is a flavor-packed, finger-licking, spicy and tangy chicken recipe prepared using aromatic spices that you should not miss to try.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish

Cuisine: Mangalore, South Indian, Udupi

Servings: servings

Calories: 146kcal

Author: Kushi

In a bowl, add chicken thighs, curd, turmeric powder, salt, and mix well. Keep this aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
400 g Chicken thighs, ½ cup Curds or Yogurt, ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon Salt

In a pan, dry roast Kashmiri red chiles, Guntur chiles, coriander seeds, peppercorns, fennel seeds, and cumin seeds, and roast until aromatic on medium to medium-low flame. Check out the video here.
10 to 12 Kashmiri red chile or Paprika, 6 Guntur chilies or Cayenne, 2 teaspoon Coriander seeds, ½ teaspoon Black peppercorns, 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds, 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
In a mixer or blender, add the roasted ingredients along with garlic, ginger, tamarind, and water, and grind it to a thick, smooth paste.
6 to 8 Garlic cloves, 1 Ginger, 1 tablespoon Tamarind, ½ cup Water

In a pan, add butter or ghee. Once hot, add the onions, green chilies, curry leaves, and saute until the onion becomes translucent.
2 tablespoon Butter, 2 Onions, 3 Green chilies, 10 to 15 Curry leaves
To this, add the marinated chicken, ground masala, jaggery, and mix. Cover the pan with a lid. Cook on medium to medium-low flame for 5 minutes.
1 tablespoon Jaggery
Now open the lid and cook uncovered for another 5 minutes. Adjust salt if needed. Add coriander leaves and cook for another 3 minutes or until the chicken roast thickens to desired consistency.
2 tablespoon Cilantro

If you cannot find tamarind, add tomatoes or lemon juice to introduce tanginess and balance the spiciness.
Jaggery can be substituted with sugar or brown sugar.
Reduce the amount of chilies to taste. If you do not have both varieties of chilies available, simply substitute them with regular red chile powder in the recipe.
If you want the dish to be rich, increase the amount of butter or ghee.
Marination is done so that the chicken remains juicy and tender. Having said that, you can skip the marination time if you are in a hurry.