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Goan Chicken Vindaloo

Prep: 20 minCook: 30 minServes: 5indian

Chicken Vindaloo, a popular recipe of Goan-Portuguese fusion cooking, is a dish that stimulates one's appetite with its delicious and addictive flavors. Vindaloo is roughly translated from Portuguese as ‘wine, vinegar and garlic'.

Goan Chicken Vindaloo

Goan Chicken Vindaloo

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 30 min
Total: 50 min
Serves: 5
Easyindiannon-vegetarian
350 cal15g protein45g carbs12g fat

Ingredients

21
5 servings

Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add mustard seeds and as they sizzle, add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mts.<br /

  2. 2

    Add coriander pwd, turmeric pwd and salt. Combine. Add the chicken pieces and fry till they are slightly browned approx 8-9 mts. Remove the chicken pieces and keep aside.<br

  3. 3

    In the same vessel, drizzle some more oil, if required, add the browned onion paste and ground masala paste and saute for 2 mts. Add the vinegar and jaggery mixture and combine.<br

  4. 4

    Add 1 1/2 cups of water and the browned chicken pieces and cook till the chicken turns soft and it forms a thick gravy.<br

  5. 5

    Serve hot with rice or rotis.

Serving Suggestions

  • Serve with steamed basmati rice.
  • Pair with Indian bread like naan or chapati.
Goa

About This Recipe

Chicken Vindaloo, a popular recipe of Goan-Portuguese fusion cooking, is a dish that stimulates one’s appetite with its delicious and addictive flavors. Vindaloo is roughly translated from Portuguese as ‘wine, vinegar and garlic’.

chicken-vindaloo
Chicken Vindaloo

A favorite at our dining table. Cannot get enough of it each time I prepare this thick dark colored saucy dish. A perfect balance of spicy, tangy and sweet flavors. A hint of sweetness from jaggery and caramalized onions and the sourness of vinegar melds with the fiery red chillis and spices to exude a flavor that is drool worthy. Its the caramalized onions which gives the dish its dark color.

Goan Chicken Vindaloo Recipe

Recipe source: My recipe files

Prep: 20 mts, Cooking Time: 30 mts

Serves 5-6 persons

Cuisine: Goan

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Ingredients:

1 kg chicken, washed and cut into bite size pieces

2 large onions, sliced, sauteed in a tbsp of oil till caramalized, cool and make paste

1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tbsp coriander powder

1/4 tsp turmeric pwd

4 tbsps vinegar + 1 tsp grated jaggery or brown sugar (let it sit for 15 mts)

salt to taste

2 tbsps oil

Make a paste: add a few tbsps of water

3/4 tsp roasted methi seeds/fenugreek seeds/menthulu

1 tsp roasted cumin seeds/jeera

1 tsp pepper corns

6-7 dry red chillis, lightly roasted

1 1/2″ cinnamon/dalchini

2 elaichi/cardamom

1 Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add mustard seeds and as they sizzle, add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mts.
2 Add coriander pwd, turmeric pwd and salt. Combine. Add the chicken pieces and fry till they are slightly browned approx 8-9 mts. Remove the chicken pieces and keep aside.
3 In the same vessel, drizzle some more oil, if required, add the browned onion paste and ground masala paste and saute for 2 mts. Add the vinegar and jaggery mixture and combine.
4 Add 1 1/2 cups of water and the browned chicken pieces and cook till the chicken turns soft and it forms a thick gravy.
5 Serve hot with rice or rotis.