Recipes

Chicken/ Prawns/Paneer Ghee Roast

Ghee Roast as a dish was introduced to me in 2009 when my elder sister got married into a Mangalorean family. The richness of ghee and sheer variety of spices brings out a unique texture that is utterly delicious.

Ingredients

  • 1 Kg Chicken/Prawns/Paneer (Cottage Cheese)
  • 80g or 1 Packet Chakrika Easy Cook Masala or SRR Chicken Ghee Roast Masala
  • 6 tablespoons of ghee
  • Milk powder (optional)
  • 1-2 cups of water

Preparation

Prep: 10 minutes
Cooking: 20 minutes

  1. Defrost the desired meat or paneer at least 5 hours before the preparation.
  2. In a pan, heat 3 tablespoons of ghee. Sauté the desired meat/paneer (need not marinate) for about 10 minutes. Remove it from the pan and keep it aside.
  3. Make a thick paste of the packet masala by adding water to it (avoid lumps). Add it to the same ghee pan. Mix well for 5 minutes after which the ghee will slowly start to separate.
  4. Now add the sautéed chicken/prawns/paneer to the masala and cook well.
  5. Add 3 more tablespoons of ghee after you add chicken/prawns/paneer. Mix well.
  6. To curb the spice content of the masala, you can add 2-3 teaspoons of milk powder (optional).
  7. Serve with Paav, Sada Dosa, Chapati or Neer Dosa.

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Divya Vinekar

My name is Divya Vinekar, an ex-digital marketing professional, now a writer, actor and poet by profession. Hailing from a Brahmin family, our cuisine is majorly South Indian with almost every curry based in grated coconut. My love for cooking stemmed from watching my Nani and assisting my Mom in the kitchen. Our traditional recipes are unique yet very versatile when it comes to suiting varied taste buds. Although I have a cook who has been cooking for me for the past 4 years, after my parents passed on, my erratic work schedules did not allow me to enter the kitchen at all. However, since the lockdown, I have rediscovered my cooking skills which my Mom had passed on to me, way back during my college days. It also works as a great stress buster and is somehow reassuring for me on a personal level. It’s a fulfilling life-skill I feel.