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Chicken Vindaloo

Vindaloo
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About Chicken Vindaloo

Chicken Vindaloo is a derivative of popular Goan food, Pork Vindaloo. Pork Vindaloo is popular among Christian populations. However, pork is less common in India and also considered taboo to consume by many Muslims and Hindus. Hence this evolution of the classic Goan dish with chicken instead of pork. More on Vindaloo.

 Ingredients

1 lb boneless chicken (bite size)

Marinade
¼ cup red wine
1 tablespoons tamarind paste (alternate use lime juice)
few pods of cardamom (Elaichi)

Sauce
3 tablespoons of chopped garlic
1 medium onion chopped
½ teaspoon ground cumin (Jeera)
½ teaspoon ground mustard or 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
¼ teaspoons turmeric (Haldi)
½ teaspoon hot red chili (change according to hotness)
1 tabelspoon paprika (optional)

Oil
1/3 teaspoon salt or salt to taste

 
 Preparation
1

Add 1 tablespoon oil, red wine, tamarind few pods of cardamom, and salt to the cut meat. Marinade covered at room temperature for 4 hours or overnight in refrigerator. Instead of red wine and tamarind/lime, you can use red wine vinegar.

2

Heat 1 tablespoons oil in pan over medium heat. Add onion and sauté  until golden brown.

3

Reduce heat to medium low and add all the spices and garlic. Stir for a minute

4

Add the chicken without the marinade. Reserve the marinade.

5

Cook chicken until seared, should take 5-10 minutes.

6

Add the marinade with ½ cups of water.

7

Simmer in low heat until chicken is very tender for about 20 minutes.

8 Serve hot with Basmati rice.
Nutritional Analysis
Total Calories (kilo calories)

344.1

17

Total Fat Calories (kilo calories)

103.6

 

Total Fat (g)

11.7

18

Total Saturated Fat (g)

2.0

10

Total Transfat (g)

4.0

 

Cholesterol (mg)

79.5

26

Sodium (mg)

712.8

30

Carbohydrate (g)

10.8

4

Dietary Fiber (g)

2.1

9

Sugar (g)

3.1

 

Protein (g)

26.1

 

Vitamin A (IU)

1085.5

22

Vitamin C (mg)

12.1

20

Calcium (mg)

82.2

8

Iron (mg)

4.5

25

Calories in chicken vindaloo depends on part of chicken used for the recipe. For lower calories recipe, use leaner cut of chicken meat such as chicken breast.
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