Chicken Galinha Cafreal

Author: Juliet Ferrao

• 1 Large chicken
• 6 Green chillies
• 1 ¼ Ginger piece
• 10 Cloves Garlic
• 1tbls Coriander seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• ½ tsp Garam Masala
• 1tbls Lemon juice
• 3tbls Oil
• 2 Onions - medium, chopped finely
• 4 Tomatoes - large, halved
• 6 Potatoes - medium, boiled, halved

• Grind to a fine paste, the ginger, garlic and all spiced in the lemon juice, including the green chillies and half the chopped onion, adding salt to taste.
• Joint the chicken and apply the ground spices to the chicken pieces.
• Marinate the chicken for 2 hours. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat, sauté the remaining onion.
• Fry the chicken pieces turning them over so that both sides are browned and cooked through (approx 20 minutes).
• In a separate pan, heat 1 tbls oil, fry the potatoes and then very lightly the halved tomatoes.
• Serve the chicken with the fried potatoes and tomatoes.

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Updated: 16 October 2006

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