Malvani kombdi vade

Ingredients

• 750 g chicken, curry cut
• 1 cup grated dry coconut
• 2 onions, sliced
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 tbsp Malvani masala
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 4 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste
• For the vade: 2 cups vade flour (rice flour with a little urad dal, chana dal, coriander seed and fenugreek, roasted and ground), ½ tsp turmeric, salt, warm water, oil for frying

Method

1. Marinate the chicken with turmeric, salt and ginger-garlic paste for 30 minutes.
2. Roast the coconut and one onion until dark brown and grind to a paste with a little water.
3. Heat oil, fry the other onion until golden, add Malvani masala and the chicken and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add the coconut paste and 2 cups water. Simmer until the chicken is tender and the gravy is medium thick.
5. For vade, knead the flour with turmeric, salt and warm water into a soft dough. Rest 30 minutes.
6. Pat small balls into thick rounds on a wet plastic sheet and deep-fry until puffed and golden. Serve with the hot curry and sol kadhi.