Chicken Xacuti

Pronounced ‘sha-koo-tee’, this Goan speciality is well loved throughout the state of Goa and eaten by the Catholic, Hindu and Muslim communities. In Portugal, the dish is known as chacuti. While its origin is more likely to have been Konkan – the coastal region of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka – the addition of meat would have been the influence of the Portuguese. I’ve used chicken but it also works well with a medley of vegetables, such as cauliflower florets, carrots, tomatoes, au