Galinha Cafreal chicken marinated and fried

Ingredients

1 large chicken (1¼ kg) jointed
6 green chillies/peppers
1 ¼ inch piece ginger
10 cloves garlic
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp garam masala
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp oil
2 medium onions, chopped fine
4 large tomatoes, halved
6 medium potatoes, boiled, halved
Salt as per taste


Method:

* Grind to a fine paste, the ginger, garlic and all the spices in the lemon juice, including the green chillies/peppers and half chopped onions, adding salt as per taste.
* Joint the chicken and apply the ground spices to the chicken pieces.
* Marinate the chicken for 2 hours.
* Heat oil in a pan on medium flame and saute the rest of the chopped onion.
* Fry the chicken turning them over both the sides till the pieces are browned and cooked (approx. 20 mins).
* In a separate pan: heat 1 tbsp oil and fry potatoes and then very lightly the halved tomatoes.
* Serve the chicken with the fried potatoes and tomatoes..