Recipe: Tasty Meghalayan Khasi Black Sesame Chicken

Meghalayan Khasi Black Sesame Chicken. This beautiful dish from the Khasi tribe in Meghalaya, although traditionally made with pork, is one of my favourite chicken curries of all time. So complex in flavor and yet, so simple to cook. This beautiful dish from the Khasi tribe in Meghalaya, although traditionally made with pork, is one of my favourite chicken curries of all time.

My first attempt to cook this Khasi style Black Sesame Chicken. This is so Yumm and the best is to have it with some plain Rice. Well, this is no ordinary salad. You can have Meghalayan Khasi Black Sesame Chicken using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Meghalayan Khasi Black Sesame Chicken

1. It's 50 g of black sesame / kala til.
2. Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.
3. It's 2 of big onions sliced thin.
4. You need 2-3 of bay leaves.
5. Prepare 2 of dry red chilli.
6. Prepare 2 of hot green chilli.
7. Prepare 500 gm of chicken/ pork.
8. Prepare 3-4 inches of ginger.
9. It's 13-15 cloves of garlic.
10. Prepare 1 of tomato (optional, but I prefer it).
11. It's to taste of Salt.
12. You need 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce.

It is a tasty little side piece in the cuisine of Meghalaya, accompanying the popular chicken, pork and other curries. The Khasi Black Sesame Radish Salad has to be tasted, to be appreciated. The black sesame or nei iong adds a flavour all its own. Dai nei iong is one of the staple dish of the Khasi people of Meghalaya.

Meghalayan Khasi Black Sesame Chicken instructions

1. Toast the black sesame seeds on a hot pan for 3-4 minutes till you get the aroma.
2. Make a paste of the roasted sesame seeds, ginger, garlic,tomato and green chilli.
3. Sear the chicken in mustard oil till it becomes pale, remove from oil and keep separately..
4. Add the bay leaves and red chilli to the oil in which we just seared the chicken, add the onions and tomato (optional), brown the onions..
5. Add the sesame paste to the pan and cook it out, add the seared chicken and water. Wait for the chicken to cook till tender, I cook it in the pressure cooker for 2 whistles. And serve !!.

It is a black lentil (urdu dal) preparation where the black gram is soft boiled or pressure cooked and is mixed with. Let's learn a Khasi delicacy today - pork cooked with black sesame seeds with a detailed step by step picture recipe. Dohneiiong is a pork dish from Meghalaya which is one of the North East State of India. Dohneiiong is a very famous dish served on different occasions. It is pork cooked with black sesame seeds.