Ghee Roast Chicken Recipe

Ghee Roast Chicken Recipe



Publish by: Gayatri Sharma
Created At: 11 Sep 2024 01:48 AM
Total Time: 1h 60 min
Prep Time: 30 min
Calories: 648
Ghee Roast Chicken is a Mangalorean recipe that has succulent chicken pieces cooked in ground spices gravy. The chicken is first marinated, then sauteed and then mixed with the ground spice paste. If you are a chicken lover, then you need to try this unique chicken recipe. You will need lots of spices to make this succulent chicken recipe. The specialty of the recipe is the spice mixture prepared with lots of dry red chilies and ground spices, which makes it very masaledar. Ghee Roast Chicken is not exactly a curry chicken but rather a dry chicken. If you want to make it as a curry, you can first roast the chicken as per the below given recipe and then add it to a curry of your choice. As the name suggests, this recipe is prepared with loads of desi ghee and is finger-licking good. You can't simply miss out on this luscious and rich chicken recipe. Try making it once and you'll go gaga over this Ghee Roast Chicken recipe. Do try this lip-smacking chicken recipe at home, rate it and let us know how it turned out to be. (image credits- istock


  • In a bowl, add chicken, 1 tbsp red chili powder, curd, turmeric powder, salt, and lemon juice. Coat the chicken pieces well with the mixture. Keep it aside for at least 30-45 mins.

  • Step 2 Prepare the red chili paste

    Heat ghee in a pan and then add fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, cloves, cumin seeds, and peppercorns. Roast them on low flame for 3-4 mins. Now, grind dry the roasted red chillies and spices along with tamarind paste, red chili powder, and garlic flakes to make a paste.

  • Step 3 Cook the chicken pieces

    In a kadhai, add 2 and a 1/2 tbsp of ghee. Add the marinated chicken pieces and the leftover marinade to the kadhai. Cook the chicken till they are 3/4th cooked. Now, keep the chicken pieces aside and add the remaining ghee in the same kadhai. Saute the ground paste for 7-8 mins on low flame. Check if the ghee has started to separate.

  • Step 4 Combine the masala and chicken pieces