A taste of India: Chicken Cafreal Recipe

Wed, Jun 2, 2010
Featured, Food

Chicken Cafreal

Cafreal is a spicy chicken dish which is very popular in Goa. The marinade was introduced into the Goan cuisine by the Portuguese. It’s distinct flavour comes from the fresh coriander leaves, green chillies, garlic, ginger, cinnamon and cloves used in the preparation. Discover how to make this delicious dish at home.

Ingredients

Makes 4 portions

For the marinade:
200 gm Coriander leaves
30 gm Green Chilies
30 gm Garlic
20 gm Ginger
20 gm Mint leaves
4 lemons
8 Cloves
1 Cinnamon Stick
30 ml Rum
5 gm Sugar
Salt to taste

For the curry:
20 ml of oil
6 pieces of Chicken Breast
150 gm Potato cut into quarters
6 pieces of Pav (Pav refers to bread, the word having its origin in Portuguese)

Method

1. Paste all the ingredients prepared for marinade in an electric blender.
2. Marinate chicken breast and quarters of potatoes in the ground paste for 2 hous.
3. Heat the oil in a flat bottom pan and cook the chicken and potatoes.
4. Remove Chicken & Potatoes and arrange them nicely on a platter.
5. Add the excess marinade and cook till it leaves oil.
6. Pour the cooked marinade over the chicken and serve it with Hot Pav.

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3 Comments For This Post

  1. TravelNews Says:
    June 3rd, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    Uhh.. sounds mouthwatering

  2. Doris Says:
    September 14th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Hey there, I was reading your article and I just wanted to thank you for putting out such excellent content. There’s so much junk on the internet these days its hard to find anything worthwhile. I actually have cooked this recipe before, I got this book last month on recommendation from a friend http://ninjahq.com/go/cookingrecipes and it turned out really nice! I’m very eager to try your variation of it though, it looks excellent. I think you might enjoy those recipes, they’re very good. Thanks for the article and great ideas.

  3. Kate Waite Says:
    September 24th, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    Thanks Doris

    Let us know how our variation on the recipe turns out for you!

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