West Indian
Malvani Chicken Curry (Sagoti)
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Malvani Chicken Curry (Sagoti) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Dry roast the grated coconut over low heat until deep golden, about 6 minutes, then roast the dried red chilies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon in the same pan for 2 minutes.
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Cool and grind everything together to a smooth paste with a splash of water; this is the Malvani masala, and it is redder and less sweet than a Goan xacuti masala since it skips the poppy seed and star anise.
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Heat the coconut oil in a heavy pot and fry the chopped onion until golden, about 8 minutes, then add the ginger garlic paste for a minute.
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Add the chopped tomato and turmeric and cook 5 minutes, then stir in the ground masala and bhunno 8 minutes until the oil rises to the top.
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Add the chicken and sear 6 minutes, turning to coat every piece, then add the kokum, salt and water.
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Cover and simmer 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the gravy is thick and fiery red.
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Finish with coriander leaves and serve hot with steamed rice.
Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Malvani Chicken Curry (Sagoti), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Malvani Chicken Curry (Sagoti) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 400 kcal
- Protein
- 29 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 27 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 15 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Malvani Chicken Curry (Sagoti) takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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