Malwani Chicken Masala Recipe

Malwani Chicken Masala/Malwani Kombdi Rassa  Lipsmackinlgy delicious .One of the  most loved and popular chicken dish from Maharashtra /Malwani Cuiisne..Full of Flavours Robust authentic malwani chicken masala taste  finger licking good.I have posed malwani chicken curry /kombdi rassa in the blog earlier and it was a huge hit.This chicken massla is a semi dry version of the same ..Goes extremely well with wade/kombdi vade .check my next post kombdi wade recipe

ingredients
500 gm chicken pieces
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 1/2 tsp  lime juice / as needed
1/2 tsp spoon haldi
Salt to taste

1/2 cup dry coconut i used khobra
2 onions sliced
1 tsp dhania/ coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
7 to 8 peppercorns
2 green chillies
1 inch ginger
5 to 6 garlic cloves
handfull  coriander leaves
2 to 3 bay leaves
2 to 3 tbsp oil

2 tsp malwani masala
 1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp Goda masala

method

• Wash the chicken pieces well and drain excess water.
• Apply salt lemon juice turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and marinate for 4 to 5 hours.
• Heat a pan add oil roast the roughly chopped onions  and chilli garlic and ginger saute till onion turn soft and translucent
• remove aside.
• Dry roast the cumin coriander and coconut till light brown and fragrant.
• Grind the onion coconut to a smooth paste.
• in a thick bottomed vessel /pan add 2 -  3 tbsp oil
• Add bay leaves.
• Then add 1 small finely chopped onion and fry till golden brown.
• Add the marinated chicken and saute well for 5.to 7 min
• Add the ground masala paste and saute really well for few minutes.
• Add the malwani masala ,chilli powder and goda masala also add salt if required and also add little water saute till oil separates.
• Once the chicken has cooked switch flame off and add coriander leaves and lime juice if needed.
• Serve hot with Malwani vade /Kombdi Vade or bhakri .

notes
for homemade goda masala click this link 
you can use gavti /country chicken as well it may take a little while to cook .
i have used dried coconut or khobra you can use half fresh and half dry or.dessicated coconut too.
you can adjust the chilli and.pepper as.per.taste.