Maharashtra Kombdi Vade Malvan Fried Bread Chicken Konkan

Ingredients

• For Malvani chicken:
• 1 kg chicken — bone-in
• 1 cup freshly grated coconut — roasted dark golden
• 4 dried red chillies
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 6 black peppercorns
• 2 tbsp Malvani masala
• 4 kokum pieces
• 1 large onion — chopped and roasted
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt
• For vade:
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/4 cup urad dal flour
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• Salt
• Hot water to bind
• Oil for frying

Method

1. Make Malvani masala paste: dry-roast coconut very dark, onion until charred, all whole spices.
2. Blend with chillies and Malvani masala to a thick paste.
3. Heat 2 tbsp oil. Add onion. Cook deep golden.
4. Add chicken pieces. Brown 6 minutes. Add masala paste.
5. Fry stirring 5 minutes. Add kokum and 1 cup water. Simmer covered 30 to 35 minutes until tender. Season with salt.
6. Make vade dough: combine rice flour, urad dal flour, asafoetida, cumin and salt.
7. Add hot water and knead with wet hands into a soft dough.
8. Divide into 8 balls. Pat into thin rounds 10 cm wide.
9. Fry vade on medium in deep oil 2 minutes per side until puffed and golden.