Perfect Chicken Xacuti Recipe | Popular Goan Chicken Curry | Goan Cuisine | Chicken Curry Recipes.

Chicken Xacuti is a delicious Goan chicken curry made with perfectly roasted spices, freshly grated coconut along with Onion, Ginger & Garlic. Xacuti is actually pronounced as ‘"Shakuti" derived from the Portuguese word "Chacuti". this is a Perfect chicken curry for weekends which is packed with flavours.

✓Ingredients & Quantity

Chicken Pieces - 500 Gms
Salt - 1 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Ginger - Garlic Paste - 2 tsp

✓For Masala
Cloves - 10 nos
Cinnamon - 2-inch stick
Mace - 1/2 inch piece
Green Cardamon - 3 nos
Star anise - 2 petals
Black peppercorns - 20 nos
Nutmeg - 1 cm piece
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Ginger - 1-inch piece
Garlic - 6 cloves
Onions - 1 onion
Dried Kashmiri Chillies - 6 nos
Coconut (Grated) - 1 1/2 cup
Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Water - 1 1/2 cups or as needed.

✓For Gravy
Coconut Oil - 2 tbsp
Onions - 3 nos
Curry Leaves - 15 nos
Tomatoes - 2 nos
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves (Chopped) - Handful

✓Method

1) Wash the chicken pieces thoroughly and drain the water.
2) Apply Salt, Lemon juice and Ginger - Garlic Paste, mix well & marinate for 6 hours or overnight.
3) Heat a pan without oil, add all the spices excluding poppy seeds, and dry roast these spices till you get a nice aroma out of it. (3 mins on medium heat) Make sure you don't burn it because it will have the final impact on the taste and flavour of the curry. now add the poppy seeds and roast for more than 2 mins and they remove it in a plate and cool it.
4) Heat coconut oil in the same pan, add Dried Kashmiri chillies and fry till it gets dark on the surface the oil turns a bit red and you can smell the smoky chilli aroma. remove and cool it.
5) In the same pan add ginger, garlic and onions and saute till light brown in colour, Remove and cool it.
6) Finally add grated coconut and fry till it turns light brown in colour, now add turmeric powder and mix well, remove and cool it.
7) once all the ingredients are cooled, grind the spices in a mixer using 1/2 cup water till you get a smooth paste.
8) similarly grind the coconut with water till you get thick coarse paste.
9) For Making Gravy heat coconut oil in a vessel, add chopped onions and give a quick stir, add curry leaves and saute onion till light brown in colour. then add the tomatoes and fry till mashy
10) Now add the marinated chicken pieces and mix well, add 1/2 cup and cover the lid, cook the chicken for 10 mins.
11) Once the chicken is almost cooked add the ground spice paste and coconut paste and mix well. add the residual water depending on the consistency.
12) cook for more 10 mins, check for taste add more salt as needed, some sugar and finish it off with some chopped coriander leaves.
13) serve with rice or roti, enjoy.

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[sidjones_]

Thanks for the recipe! The chicken curry was excellent!👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟

[Amelia-zbiw]

I am going to prepare and give you the feed back. Can l use beef instead of chicken. I think it will taste better. My mum used to prepare beef Xacuti. the way you prepared. Let me taste yours. Thank you Lesten. Thumbs up 👍👍👍

[Amelia-zbiw]

I prefer when you use the mixie grinder. I like the way you explain slowly. Thx Lesten. I want to prepare for Christmas. I will get back to you.

[temptatiouscravings]

Chicken Xacuti all time favorite..
Can be enjoyed anytime breakfast lunch dinner 😋😋

[anitaagarwal]

Superb tried many , today I tried ur recipe, m so happy.Delicious😮 m a lover of Goan food.

[priscafernandes]

May God bless the work of your hands bless you n give you success in life

[Amelia-zbiw]

God bless you, Lesten. I will share your video with my friends and family members. All the best. 🙏👍👍

[dhanyathasuvarna]

Any option for poppy seed as it’s not available in aborad

[karenrodrigues]

Thank you for the recipe, the taste was perfect when I tried, every one like it . Really appreciate ❤

[vidhyanaik]

Thanku for the perfect recipe searched so many but urs is authentic with exact measurements. Really tasty

[sampadaambeskar]

Can you plz share street style ros omelette recipe ?

[ramonaaraujo]

Is sugar optional as I've never heard of sugar being added to chicken xacuti?

[alisharibeiro]

Hi Lesten
Can you tell me the number of button chillies I could use here?

[ceciliaelizabethjoao]

Recipe was perfect no doubt, didn't u hv a smaller pan 😆😆🤣

[rovilladcosta]

Can you tell for how many people can this be served?

[lilyandfriends]

U should write the receipe in description box.

[khushii]

hi just wanted to know if curry leaves are authentic to the recipe ? planning to make this day after tomorrow. on Sunday

[CreativeEmeril]

Love the recipe thanks alot for your effort and awesome video... just one question, did u skip tamarind because you added lime?

[mummycookshomemade]

This looks so delicious, thanks for sharing