Saoji Chicken – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

For Chicken Masala:

• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add coriander seeds, stone flower, cinnamon, cardamom, javitri, star anise, cloves, black pepper, bay leaf, poppy seeds, and dried red chillies.
• Fry whole spices really good o medium heat.
• When spices begin to change their color and release the aroma, add grated dried coconut.
• Fry until coconut gets a nice golden color.
• When coconut begins to get a nice golden color, add jawar flour.
• Roast the flour with spices.
• When jawar flour is nicely fried, turn off the gas.
• When the roasted spices cool down a little transfer them into a blender jar.
• Blend the spices into a powder and keep aside.
• Heat up oil the same pan. Add onion, garlic, and ginger.
• Mix well and fry until onion gets nice brown color.
• When the onion cools down a little, transfer it into a blender pot which contains blended whole spices.
• Add coriander leaves. Blend the mixture into the fine masala.
• Add minimum water while blending.
• Chicken masala is already.

For Making Chicken:

• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add blended masala and mix well.
• Fry the masala on medium heat for about 3-4 minutes.
• Add bedgi mirchi powder and mix well.
• Fry masala until it releases oil.
• Add chicken in masala and mix well. Coat chicken well with masala.
• Add hot water, salt to taste, and mix well.
• Cover and cook on medium heat for about 20-25 minutes until chicken is cooked well.
• Turn off the gas and saoji chicken is already.
• Saoji chicken goes well with jawar or bajra bhakari.