I love chicken curry..They taste yummy with rice or roti..I have many recipes in my blog and this recipe is another version of it. I made this with nattu kozhi / country chicken. So it is very tasty and healthy…
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Cooking Time : 35 to 45 mins
Serves: 4
Nattu Kozhi / Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Oil – 1 tblspn
Water as needed
For Roasting & Grinding:
Coconut – 1 cup grated
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tblspn
Cinnamon / Pattai – 4 cm piece
Coriander Seeds / Malli – 2 tblspn
Dry Red Chillies – 10
Whole Black Pepper – 2 tsp
Oil – 1 tsp
For Masala:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Onion – 2 large sliced
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Tomatoes – 4 large chopped
Method:
Take chicken in a bowl, add salt and turmeric powder. Mix well. Set aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add all spices in and saute for couple of mins. Take it in a blender.
Now take coconut in the pan and saute till golden. Take it in the same blender and puree till smooth. Remove to a bowl.
Now in the same pan, add a tblspn of oil, add in onions and saute till golden, Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add in tomatoes and saute till mushy.Take it in a blender and puree. Set aside.
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in chicken and sear it well.
Now take chicken in a pressure cooker, add the spice masala and onion tomato masala, water and salt. Mix well. Pressure cook for 2 whistle for normal chicken and 6 whistle for nattu kozhi, simmer the pan for 15 mins and turn off the heat. Let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and add coriander leaves.
Serve
I used nattu kozhi, you can use normal chicken too |
Add salt to taste |
Sprinkle some turmeric over |
mix well and set aside |
Take all ingredients for roasting and grinding |
Heat little oil in a pan and add the spices |
Saute them for 5 to 7 mins till it is well roasted |
Take it in a blender |
Now take coconut in the pan |
roast them |
roast till golden |
take that in the same pan |
grind it to a smooth puree |
Remove to a bowl |
Now take the second part of the grinding ingredients |
Heat little oil in apan |
add in onions |
saute till golden |
add in ginger garlic paste…You can add chopped ginger and garlic |
saute for one more min |
add in tomatoes |
mix well |
Cook for few more mins till tomatoes are mushy |
take it in a blender |
puree till smooth |
Now lets sear the meat |
add chicken in a pan…since i used bigger pieces, it was a little hard..You can use small pieces as well |
sear it well |
Now take it in a pressure cooker |
add the coconut masala |
add the onion tomato masala |
mix well |
season with salt |
i washed the blender with some water and added it in |
I added little water as well..Now cover and pressure cook |
Cook till done |
Serve |
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This sounds lovely. Going to give this a go. thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon
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~Shan