Chicken Cafreal Goan Style Spicy Fried Chicken

Chicken  Cafreal  Goan  Style  Spicy  Fried Chicken


Ingredients

•1 whole chicken
•6 dry red chillies
•3 green chillies
•6 peppercorns
•30 cloves of garlic
•A thumb-sized piece of ginger
•Juice of 1 large lemon/ 2 limes
•Salt to taste
•Cooking oil (vegetable/ canola/ sunflower) to deep fry (traditional method is deep frying, you can also grill)

Method

•Wash the chicken well and pat dry. Now rub all over with the lime/ lemon juice mixed with salt to taste.
 Pour remainder of juice over the chicken and allow to sit for 30 minutes.
•While the chicken is in the lime juice, grind all the other ingredients together into a thick paste.
•Apply this paste all over the chicken, cover and allow to marinate in the refrigerator for 8-10 hours.
•Now cut the chicken into pieces.

•Heat the oil to deep fry the chicken, on a medium flame. Add the chicken to this oil (use a splatter cover to protect
yourself from splashing oil) and fry till golden. You can also grill the chicken if you so prefer.

•Serve piping hot with a fresh, green salad and mint chutney .
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