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Chicken Vindaloo

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It is a dish which, if not the most popular, must be one of the most popular Indian dishes in the world. Vindaloo is a popular curry that hails from a tiny little state of Goa in India. Usually the recipe asks for pork and wine along with garlic. In the course of time, Vindaloo evolved and cooks started making it with chicken or lamb and wine was substituted with vinegar.

Ingredients

  • 4 whole Red Chilies
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon Ginger Paste
  • ¼ cups White Wine Vinegar
  • 1-½ pound Chicken Thighs (cut In Pieces)
  • 1 teaspoon Cloves
  • 1 Tablespoon Cumin
  • 4 whole Green Cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric
  • ½ Tablespoons Peppercorns
  • 4 Tablespoons Oil
  • 1-½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • 1 cup Diced Onions
  • 2 teaspoons Salt
  • Chopped Cilantro, For Garnish
  • Rice Or Bread, To Serve

Preparation

1. Soak whole chilies, garlic cloves and ginger in the white wine vinegar for about half an hour. Grind and make a paste of it.
2. Marinate chicken in the chili paste and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
3. For the dry spice: mix cloves, cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric and peppercorn. Grind them in a spice or coffee grinder. Set aside.
4. Heat oil in a thick-bottomed pan. Add mustard seeds.
5. Once they start to pop, add onions and fry them in oil until they turn light golden brown.
6. Add marinated chicken with all the juices and stir fry for a few minutes.
7. Add dry spices along with salt, mix it all together and cover the pan with a lid.
8. Let it simmer and cook until the chicken is done and curry is thick (stirring in between from time to time).
9. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve hot with rice or your choice of bread.

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indiansimmer on 7.5.2011

Molly do you have fresh ginger at home (you can grate and use that) ginger powder (use a tsp) if not then just go ahead and make it without one :-)

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ac007 on 7.5.2011

This recipe sounds so good!! I want to try this soon.

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mollyblue on 7.5.2011

Is there a good substitute for ginger paste? I’d like to try this recipe w/o having to buy it.

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kitchenlovenest on 8.18.2011

Just made this last night, and it was SUPERB. Based on the comment above about the “yowser” kick, I reduced the 4 chilies to 2, but in retrospect 4 would’ve been absolutely fine (the spicy burn with 2 was quite subtle). Thanks for an awesome, awesome recipe!!

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sarahbicky on 7.12.2011

We love any kind of curry – so I figured I’d double the recipe and it would make for good leftovers. What I’m curious about is if the heat will continue to get warmer as it sits – because YOWSER – this has some kick!!! Had it with some garlic naan and it is simply Indian heaven – thanks so much for the recipe indiansimmer!

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lasmith84 on 7.6.2011

I substituted the Cloves, Cardamon, & Cinnamon for 2 tbl garam masala, and used chili sauce instead of chilies because that was what I had on hand and it was amazing. My whole family raved about how good this recipe is. I will probably cut back on the salt next time but even so, we loved it.

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