Keralan Chicken Curry

Malabar Chicken Curry

 This is a wonderful chicken dish cooked in coconut milk...This is a typical keralan chicken curry..I served this dish with Plain Dosa..But you could serve this with Rice or roti as you wish... For all those vegetarians,you could try this with potatoes or paneer..I send this recipe to Blogging Marathon's Day 2 with theme “Regional Special”.I hope you all will give this a try and let me know what you think..

Ingrediants:

Chicken-1/2 kg

Onion-1 sliced

Tomato-2 chopped

Green chilli-2

Red chilli powder-2 tsp

Garam masala powder-1 tsp

Turmeric powder-1 tsp

Coconut Milk-1 cup

Mustard seeds-1 tsp

Curry leaves-1 spring

Coriander leaves-for Garnishing

Coconut oil-2 tblspn

For Masala:

Garlic-6 cloves

Ginger-1 inch piece

Cinnamon(pattai)-1 stick

Pepper-1 tsp

Saunf(sombu)-1 tsp

Cumin seeds(jeera)-1 tsp

Coriander seeds(malli)-1 tblspn

Cardamom(yelakai)-3

Method:

Grind the ingrediants given for masala list to a fine paste.Set this aside.

In a kadai add oil and heat it up..Crackle mustard seeds.Now add in the onions and mix well.Cook until brown.

Add in Green chilli and curry leaves and mix well.Add in turmeric,chilli and garam masala powder and mix well.

Add in the grinded masala and cook till oil separates.Add in tomato and cook until it is mushy.

Add in chicken and mix well...Cook for 5 min.Add in coconut milk and cook for 15 min.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Pictorial:

Ur ingrediants

Make the masala

Heat oil,add mustard and cumin seeds..Add in onion,green chilli,curry leaves,spice powders and the ground masala and mix well...Add in tomatoes..

Now put in chicken pieces and coconut milk and cook..garnish with coriander leaves

SERVE

Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me Curry in a hurry under 30 min: Priya Suresh, Srivalli, Usha Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid's Special: Vardhini, Seven Days of Indian Sweets: Harini, Suma, Veena Seven Days of Regional Specials: Aarthi, Kalyani, Pavani, ShylajaSummer Coolers: PJ,  Vaishali Under 15 mins Quick Breakfast: Sushma Pinjala