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Kolhapuri Chicken Curry Recipe

July 11, 2015 By Aarthi 16 Comments

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This is one chicken curry which i have been planning to make for a very long time..Couple days back i made it and it was spot on..The flavours were perfect and we enjoyed with rice..I made a wonderful thai red curry baked chicken, it was lipsmackingly good..

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This is one flavourful chicken curry..Taste really fantastic. It has lots of onions in them and whole spices. They are roasted and ground to perfectly. The colour for this dish comes from roasting of the onions so take your time to roast it. Hubby loved it to the core..
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins to 1 hour
Serves : 5 to 6


Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 whole chicken cut into 10 big pieces
Oil – 3 tblspn
Curry leaves a handful
Coriander leaves – 2 handful finely chopped
Coriander Powder – 2 tblspn
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp

For Masala:
Oil – 2 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai – 3 cm piece
Cardamom / Yelakai – 5
Cloves / Krambu – 5
Whole Black Pepper – 2 tsp
Star Anise – 1
Mace – 2
Sesame Seeds / Ellu – 2 tblspn
Coconut – 1/2 cup grated
Garlic – 6 cloves
Onion – 500 grams sliced thinly
Tomato – 500 grams chopped
Salt to taste

For Marination:
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Lemon Juice – 3 tblspn

Method:

Start by marinating chicken with the ingredients given for marination well. Leave it to marinate till you get ready with the other stuff.

Heat oil in a kadai. Add in whole spices, garlic, sesame seeds, coconut and roast for a min. Add in onions, salt and cook till golden. Take this in a blender and add in tomatoes. Make it into a smooth puree.

Heat some more oil in a kadai. Add in curry leaves and the ground masala. Add in the spices and cook till oil separates.

Add in chicken and toss well. Transfer this to a pressure cooker, add in water and coriander leaves. Pressure cook for 15 to 20 mins on a low heat.

Turn the heat off and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and add in another handful of 
coriander leaves.

Serve.

Pictorial:
Start by marinating the chicken
add ginger garlic paste
chilli powder
little turmeric powder
some lemon juice
little garam masala powder
mix well and leave to marinate till you get ready 
with the other things
Take all your masala ingredients
Heat oil in a kadai
add in all the whole spices
saute for a min or so
add in garlic
add in sesame seeds
and coconut
fry them really well
now add in tons of sliced onions
toss once
sprinkle some salt
fry them well
cook till golden
now it is all beautifully browned
take that in a blender
add in tomatoes
make it into a puree
Heat some more oil in the same pan, add in a handful 
of curry leaves
add in the masala
mix well and cook till oil separates
add in chilli powder and garam masala powder
add in coriander powder
cook them for a min
add in the chicken
i transfered the whole thing to a pressure cooker.,
you can cook it right in the pot
add in water
done add too much water, the chicken will ooze lot of water
add in a handful of coriander leave..this will seep into
 the chicken and flavour the curry
cover and pressure cook
now it is done
add in another handful of coriander leaves
Serve
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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. HGourmet Foodie

    July 15, 2015 at 1:04 am

    wow.. This chicken curry looks so heavenly ! Perfect with just bowl of rice or naan, Thanks for the recipe!

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  2. Bhavna gharat

    August 7, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    Back in Mumbai my neighbor used to make this curry and used to love it, but unfortunately she never shared her recipe. when i moved to US, use to crave for this curry and when u posted it, i was like wow i can try it making myself.
    Finally i have made it today and it is truly delicious. i just cant wait till dinner.
    Thanks a ton for sharing this recipe and in a simple and easy way. I am a messy cook but your pictorial presentation helped a lot.

    All the best and thank you.
    Bhavna

    Reply
  3. Lydia Parthiban

    October 23, 2015 at 6:21 am

    This recipe is super awesome . And I want to mqke it today .since im new to cooking can u guide me about how much water do I need to use at the end.

    Reply
  4. Aarthi

    October 29, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    @Lydia Parthibanu can add water as u wish..

    Reply
  5. Naj

    January 22, 2016 at 4:37 am

    Its tasty .

    Reply
  6. Naj

    January 22, 2016 at 4:38 am

    Its tasty .

    Reply
  7. Anonymous

    March 4, 2016 at 11:02 am

    This is an amazing blog. The layout & simple to follow pictorial instructions are head and shoulders above others. And it shows that you love cooking and love sharing. Thank you, Aarthi.
    -Am

    Reply
  8. tulika ghosh

    March 12, 2016 at 5:07 pm

    Try it and had mind blowing likings from our foodie page in Facebook…. Calcutta foodies club… where I have given ur page link and also from my colleagues. they loved it. ThankU so much and as usual ur each recipe representation is so inspiring. Big fan Aarthi.

    Reply
  9. Greeshma

    June 22, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Hi,
    I tried this recipe yesterday, and it was too good 🙂
    Hubby jus loved it with hot dosas..
    Thank you for sharing recipes with pictorial instructions.. they help beginners like me a lot…

    Greeshma

    Reply
  10. Anonymous

    December 12, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    Pls tell me how much water do u add for this quantity in the recipe

    Reply
  11. Unknown

    December 12, 2016 at 6:28 pm

    Pls tell me how much water u add as per these measurements mentioned in the recipe

    Reply
  12. Priscilla Carver

    March 2, 2017 at 10:40 pm

    Love, love, love this! I have made it for tge family at least 5 times now. Thank you for a great recipe!

    Reply
  13. Amar

    December 7, 2017 at 3:16 am

    Hi. Thanks for sharing your tempting recipe. My wife n I plan to prepare this today. BTW what is Podi? Hope to receive your reply soon. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      December 7, 2017 at 8:40 am

      podi means powder

      Reply
      • Amar

        December 7, 2017 at 4:40 pm

        Ohk. But what kind of powder?

        Reply
  14. Samiksha

    January 6, 2018 at 4:12 am

    Delicious. Just loved it…Thank you.

    Reply

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