Simple Andhra Chicken Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with Chicken, onion, tomatoes and Garam masala and finished with some butter.

Simple Andhra Chicken Curry
I already have a andhra style chicken curry recipe which i call my chicken iguru. This is another version, a much simpler version of it. This is a no coconut version, it has a good amount of butter for flavouring and it really works well. Give this dish a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Ingredients for Andhra Chicken Curry Recipe
- Chicken - 500 gram with bone
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 2 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 4 cm piece
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
- Cloves / Krambu - 4
- Bay Leaf - 1
- Onions - 1 large finely chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
- Green Chillies - 2 slit
- Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
- Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tbsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Butter - 2 tbsp
- Coriander leaves - 3 tablespoon finely chopped
How to make Simple Andhra Chicken Curry
- Take chicken in a bowl, add in all the spice powders, salt, and ginger garlic paste. Mix well. Leave it to marinate for 30 mins.
- Heat oil in a pot. Add in all whole spices and let them sizzle. Now add in onions, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onions turn golden.
- Once it turns golden, add in the marinated chicken and toss well in the onion mix.
- Once the chicken is well seared add a splash of water, bring it to boil, cover the pot and simmer for 30 to 35 mins.
- Now the chicken should be cooked, open the lid, add in garam masala powder and butter. Mix well.
- Add in coriander leaves and mix.
- Serve.
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Andhra Chicken Curry Recipe
Ingredients
- 500 gram with bone Chicken
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 2 teaspoon Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu
- 4 cm piece Cinnamon / Pattai
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 4 Cardamom / Yelakai
- 4 Cloves / Krambu
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 large finely chopped Onions
- 2 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 slit Green Chillies
- 2 sprigs Curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon Chilli Powder
- 2 tablespoon Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi
- 1 tablespoon Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- 3 tablespoon finely chopped Coriander leaves
Instructions
- Take chicken in a bowl, add in all the spice powders, salt, and ginger garlic paste. Mix well. Leave it to marinate for 30 mins.
- Heat oil in a pot. Add in all whole spices and let them sizzle. Now add in onions, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onions turn golden.
- Once it turns golden, add in the marinated chicken and toss well in the onion mix. Once the chicken is well seared add a splash of water, bring it to boil, cover the pot and simmer for 30 to 35 mins.
- Now the chicken should be cooked, open the lid, add in garam masala powder and butter. Mix well.
- Add in coriander leaves and mix.
- Serve.
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Andhra Chicken Curry Recipe step by step pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Add spice powders to the chicken |
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| add in salt |
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| ginger garlic paste |
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| mix well and leave it to marinate for 30 mins |
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| Heat oil in a pan |
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| add in whole spices |
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| saute for 30 sec |
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| add in onions |
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| add in curry leaves and green chillies |
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| saute saute saute |
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| cook till it is golden |
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| add in marinated chicken |
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| toss well in the masala |
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| add just a splash of water |
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| mix well |
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| bring it to boil |
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| cover and simmer |
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| now the chicken is done and gravy is thick |
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| add in garam masala powder |
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| some butter |
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| and some coriander leaves |
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| serve |




































Anonymous
Thanks for the recipe..... It was yumm... I tried it...
Ash
Hi Aarthi, I'm a big fan of ur recipes, so far whatever recipes I've tried of urs has been a huge hit! Thanks a lot for that, I wanted to try this recipe now but just found out that I don't have butter, can I add ghee instead of it or is butter an impt ingredient that should not be omitted? Thanks again, keep posting! Ur amazing!
Aarthi
You can add ghee or just skip that.
Radhika
WHAT is Manjal podi