Cheat’s Guide to Chicken Ghee Roast

Before I write anything about the recipe, I want to say that it’s been more than a couple of years now since I’ve posted any recipes. My son is a little big boy now and I can manage to find some time to blog again! So here I am back with a recipe. 

Chicken Ghee Roast is another popular dish from my hometown Mangalore. And I must tell you, a Sunday Afternoon lunch with Chicken Ghee Roast and Neer Dosa or even plain Steamed Rice is just divine! So here’s my version of Chicken Ghee Roast- the Cheat’s way. 

Traditionally it is made by dry roasting whole spices and then blending it into a paste. Here’s my version where I use powdered spices which saves a lot of time, however the end result tastes exactly the same. Here’s my recipe for Chicken Ghee Roast: 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Lime
• 1 Sprig Curry Leaves 
• 1/2 Cup Curd
• A Pinch of Turmeric Powder 
• 2 tsp Paprika or Kashmiri Chilli Powder
• 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder 
• 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder 
• Salt to Taste
• 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1-2 tbsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
• 350gms Chicken 
• 1 medium size Onion chopped 

Method:

In a mixing bowl add the Curd, Lime Juice, Turmeric Powder, Paparika (Kashmiri Chilli Powder), Cumin Powder, Coriander Powder, Salt and Ginger Garlic Paste. Mix well. 

Now Add the Chicken and allow it to marinate for 10-15 minutes.

Heat a pan and add the Ghee ( Clarified Butter) and add the chopped onion. Sauté on medium heat until they turn slight golden. 

Now add the marinated Chicken and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Lower the heat after 10 minutes and cook on low heat for 10 more minutes. 

Now add the Curry Leaves and cook for 5 more minutes or until the chicken is well cooked. 

Counter Madness!!

Is it just me or are there other people out there who love shopping for kitchen and dining products? I know a lot of people who love shopping for clothes. But how about for their kitchen? Each time I walk into a utensils store the gloss on the plates, the shine on the spoons, the curve on the bowl just amaze me. I just feel like buying them all. Sometimes I even daydream of owning a store myself so that I can keep looking at them. Anytime I go to Shoppers Stop or Lifestyle, I just directly walk into the home and kitchen section just to look at them. My poor husband too walks with me from counter to counter. I’m sure he still wonders why I do that. I’d love to answer him if I knew the answer. But alas!!

Ajay (my husband) keeps telling me, buy this buy that; but what he doesn’t know is it’s not about buying them. After walking around for one whole hour, I end up buying one coffee mug or two glasses. It’s probably the lights that fall directly on them, that make each glass look so angelic. A simple ‘Treo’ wine goblet appears like ‘The Holy Grail’ to me. Ajay notices the shine in my eyes when I look at each of it and ends up loading our cart with each of the item that made my eyes stay open. But little does he know, it’s not about loading the cart, but admiring it on the counter. Of course how would he understand when I point on a simple whisk and say, ‘oh…look look, a whisk!!!’ and as I we get closer I start screaming out of excitement and say, ‘ oh look, the even have it in every color!!!’ But I guess, he’d understand me because as each time we pass though the electronics section, he yells with a thrilling voice, ‘oh look, a USB cable!’.