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    Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe - Easy Chicken Curry Recipe

    January 26, 2022 By Aarthi 3 Comments

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    Spicy and flavourful chicken curry or kuzhambu recipe which is perfect to enjoy with some hot rice or some rotis. It can be had with appam, idiappam and parota too.

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    1. Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe | Chicken Curry Recipe
    2. Version 1 : Chicken Kulambu Recipe
    3. Version 2: Chicken Kulambu Recipe

    Chicken Curry Recipe

    Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe - Easy Chicken Curry Recipe with step wise pictures.

    Spicy and flavourful chicken curry or kuzhambu recipe which is perfect to enjoy with some hot rice or some rotis. It can be had with appam, idiappam and parota too.

    This kuzhambu is a basic recipe  which can be enjoyed with many of your main dishes. I make this often for lunch and it taste so delicious with plain rice.

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    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

     

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    Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe | Chicken Curry Recipe

    Aarthi
    Spicy and flavourful chicken curry or kuzhambu recipe which is perfect to enjoy with some hot rice or some rotis. It can be had with appam, idiappam and parota too.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 50 mins
    Course Gravies
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 4 servings
    Aarthi

    Ingredients
      

    • Chicken - 500 grams with bones in
    • Coconut Oil - 4 tblsp
    • Fennel seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
    • Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 stick
    • Cardamom / Yelakai - 5 crushed
    • Bay Leaf - 1
    • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
    • Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
    • Onion - 1 large chopped finely
    • Shallots / Sambar Onion - 12 peeled whole
    • Tomatoes - 2 chopped finely
    • Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblsp
    • Chilli Powder - 1 tblsp
    • Coriander Powder - 1.5 tblsp
    • Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
    • Garam masala powder
    • Salt to taste
    • Water as needed
    • Coriander leaves a small handful chopped finely

    FOR GRINDING:

    • Coconut - 1 cup
    • Fried Gram Dal / Pottu Kadalai - 1 tblsp
    • Black Pepper - 1 tsp
    • Fennel seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 2 tsp

    Instructions
     

    • Grind the ingredients given together to a very fine paste. Set aside.
    • Take oil in a pressure cooker, add in whole spices and curry leaves.
    • Add in onions and shallots and cook for 5 mins.
    • Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 mins.
    • Add tomatoes and cook till it is soften.
    • Add in spice powders and salt and mix well.
    • Add chicken and toss well.
    • Add little water, cover the cooker with a lid and pressure cook for 2 whistle, simmer the flame for 10 mins.Open the cooker once pressure is released.
    • Add more water and the coconut masala.
    • Simmer till oil floats on top.
    • Add coriander leaves.
    • Serve

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    Version 1 : Chicken Kulambu Recipe

    1)First grind the masala. Take coconut, roasted gram dal (pottu kadalai), black pepper, fennel seeds in a blender

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    2)Puree fine, Set that aside.

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    3)In a pressure cooker, heat oil. Add in cardamom, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon stick and bay leaf

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    4)Add in curry leaves

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    5)Add in chopped onions and shallots

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    6)Saute for 5 min.

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    7)Add ginger garlic paste

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    8)Saute them for couple of mins.

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    9)Add in chopped tomatoes

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    10)Cook till tomatoes soften

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    11)Add in coriander powder,garam masala powder and chilli powder

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    12)Add turmeric powder as well.

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    13)Mix well

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    14)Add chicken pieces

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    15)Mix well in the masala

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    16)Add in salt to taste

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    17)Add little water

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    18)Cover and cook till chicken is done. Cook for 2 whistle, then lower the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat.

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    19)Open the cooker, add coconut masala

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    20)Mix well

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    21)Simmer for 10 mins till oil separates

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    22)Serve

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    Version 2: Chicken Kulambu Recipe

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    Over the years i have shared so many chicken curry recipes on this blog. This one is a very basic chicken curry which i make often in my home. It is very easy to make and taste just yum. I used Nattu kozhi (country chicken) to make this curry and it turns out to be delicious.

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    This curry can be served with rice, roti, idli or dosa as well. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    Preparation Time : 10 mins
    Cooking Time : 1 hour
    Serves: 5 to 6

    Ingredients:

    Chicken - 1 kg ( I used nattu kozhi)
    Salt to taste
    Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp

    For Curry:

    Oil - 3 tblspn
    Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
    Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 small stick
    Cardamom - 6 to 8
    Cloves - 6 to 8
    Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
    Mace - 1 piece
    Bay Leaf or Pandan Leaf - 1
    Shallots / Sambar Onion - 20 chopped
    Tomatoes -3 large chopped
    Green Chilli - 3 slit
    Curry leaves a handful
    Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
    Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
    Coriander Powder - 3 tblspn
    Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
    Coconut - 1 cup grated
    Coriander leaves a handful chopped finely
    Curry leaves a handful

    Chicken Kulambu Preparation

    1. Take cleaned chicken, salt, turmeric in a pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistle for normal chicken and for nattu kozhi cook for 6 whistle and simmer for 10 to 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and set aside.
    2. Grind coconut into a fine paste.
    3. Heat oil in a pan, add all whole spices and pandan leaf if using. Mix well.
    4. Add in shallots, curry leaves, green chillies and mix well.
    5. tomatoes goes in and cook that till it gets mushy.
    6. Add in ginger garlic paste and mix that well as well.
    7. Now add in spice powders and mix well.
    8. Add the cooked chicken along with juices and mix well.
    9. Add in salt and coconut paste and mix well.
    10. Simmer this for 15 mins till oil separates on top.
    11. Add coriander leaves, curry leaves and mix well.
    12. Serve with rice.

    Pictorial:

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    take chicken, salt, turmeric powder in a pressure cooker

     

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    cook till done

     

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    prepare your other ingredients

     

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    take coconut in a blender

     

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    make it into a fine puree

     

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    heat oil in a kadai, add whole spices

     

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    add shallots, chillies and curry leaves

     

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    mix well..I added some pandan leaf too..this is optional

     

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    add tomatoes

     

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    add ginger garlic paste

     

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    cook till tomatoes turn mushy

     

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    add spice powder

     

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    mix well

     

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    add cooked chicken with the juices

     

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    mix well

     

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    add coconut paste

     

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    mix well and simmer till oil floats on top

     

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    just like this

     

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    add some curry leaves and coriander leaves

     

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    mix well

     

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    Serve

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      Awesome recipe.. Tried it twice.. Got applause from family both times 😁

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    2. Anita

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      Can I use sesame oil or sunflower oil instead of coconut oil?

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    3. Ashvini

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      Superb recipe!!!! Every 1 loved it!! Thank you

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