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Kerala Style Chicken Curry Recipe

March 19, 2016 By Aarthi 7 Comments

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Whenever i decided to cook any sidedish for my roti, appam or idiyappam, i never make the same curry again, each time i try to make it differently. Few days back i made this curry which has keralan twist to it and it turned out just awesome..

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So give this a go and let me know how it turns out for you.
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Serves: 4 to 5

Ingredients:


For Marination:
Chicken – 750 grams bone in
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tblspn
Salt to taste


For Grinding:
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 2 tsp
Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu – 1 tblspn
Cinnamon / Pattai – 4 cm piece
Cardamom / Yelakai – 6
Cloves / Krambu – 6
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Coriander Powder – 2 tblspn
Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 2 tblspn

For Masala:
Oil – 1/4 cup
Onion – 3 large sliced thinly
Tomatoes – 4 large sliced thinly
Salt to taste
Fresh Coconut – 1/2 cup ground
Coriander leaves a handful

Method:

Mix all the marination ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

Grind all the ingredients given in the list to a fine paste and set aside.

Heat 2 tblspn of oil and saute the onion till golden. Add in tomatoes and cook till it is mushed up. Now take this in a blender and puree till smooth.

In the same pan, heat remaining oil and add in the ground masala, saute this till oil separates. Now add in the onion tomato masala and salt and cook till it thickens.

Now add in chicken and mix that through. Cover and cook on a medium heat for 30 to 35 mins till chicken is done.

Now add in coconut paste and cook for a further 15 mins.

Now add in coriander leaves and serve.

Pictorial:
Take chicken in a bowl
add salt, turmeric, chilli powder and pepper powder
add ginger garlic paste
mix well and set aside
ingredients for grinding
take it in a blender
add water and make it into a smooth puree
heat little oil in a pan
add onions
cook till golden
add tomatoes
cook that down
cool this and take it in a blender
make it into a smooth puree
heat 1/4 cup of oil in a pan
add the ground spice mix
cook that down
cook till oil separates
add in onion tomato mix
cook that for 5 to 10 mins
add chicken in
mix well
add salt to taste
mix that through
cover with a lid and cook for 35 mins
now chicken is done
i pureed some fresh coconut into a smooth paste
add it in..cook for few more mins
now add coriander leaves
Serve
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. susi

    June 9, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    tried it..semmma tastyyyyyyyyyyy !!!!

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  2. FIONA

    June 16, 2016 at 7:50 am

    I PREPARED THIS YESTERDAY …!! SUPER DUPER

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  3. Radhika

    July 30, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    Turned out awesome! Thanks also for the extra effort in adding the pictorials in all your recipes. 🙂

    Reply
  4. SUBHALAKSHMI

    November 26, 2017 at 7:23 am

    TODAY I COOKED THIS KERALA CHICKEN CURRY ………… WHICH CAME OUT VERY WELL .. APPRECIATED BY MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS …….THANKS A LOT

    Reply
  5. Roshin

    June 30, 2018 at 10:37 am

    Tried it. Came out well. . Thanks for the recipe

    Reply
  6. Sharon

    August 20, 2018 at 11:52 pm

    Hi aarthi can I replace fresh coconut with dry coconut or fresh coconut is a must ?

    Reply
  7. Fawzi

    October 10, 2018 at 6:29 am

    Thanks all family loved it!

    Reply

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