Chicken Vindaloo


Ethnicity
Goan

Type of Meal
Party, Lunch, Festive, Dinner

Type of Dish
Side Dishes, Gravies, Curries

Main Ingredients
Chicken , Butter , Onion (Kanda Pyaaz)

  Ingredients   Method

1 kg. chicken

For Seasoning:
3 sp. ghee
few coriander leaves
1/2 onion finely sliced
Salt to taste

For Vindalu Masala:
Grind these ingredients to a smooth paste.
3 sp. jira
12 dry kashmiri chillies
1/2 an inch turmeric
2 pods cardamoms
10 pod garlic
2 tbsp. vinegar


  1. Cut and wash the mutton and make pieces.

  2. Grind masala in vinegar.

  3. Fry sliced onion till brown, add coriander leaves and stir, put masala and fry it. Stir frequently.

  4. Now add meat and salt to taste.

  5. Cover the dish. Allow the meat to cook in its own gravy.

  6. Stir frequently, so that it does burn.

  7. Boil the potatoes, peel and cut into fours. Add them to the meat. Simmer for 10 minutes.

  8. Serve with plain white rice.

Chicken is always a favourite with all non-vegetarians, on account of the flexibility in the ways it can be prepared. It also takes very little time to actually cook, as compared with the red meats, thus making it a convenient option for those in a hurry.