Last Updated on June 2, 2017
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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 - ½ 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
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.
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| Start by marinating the chicken |
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| add ginger garlic paste |
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| chilli powder |
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| little turmeric powder |
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| some lemon juice |
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| little garam masala powder |
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| mix well and leave to marinate till you get ready with the other things |
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| Take all your masala ingredients |
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| Heat oil in a kadai |
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| add in all the whole spices |
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| saute for a min or so |
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| add in garlic |
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| add in sesame seeds |
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| and coconut |
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| fry them really well |
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| now add in tons of sliced onions |
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| toss once |
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| sprinkle some salt |
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| fry them well |
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| cook till golden |
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| now it is all beautifully browned |
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| take that in a blender |
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| add in tomatoes |
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| make it into a puree |
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| Heat some more oil in the same pan, add in a handful of curry leaves |
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| add in the masala |
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| mix well and cook till oil separates |
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| add in chilli powder and garam masala powder |
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| add in coriander powder |
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| cook them for a min |
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| add in the chicken |
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| i transfered the whole thing to a pressure cooker., you can cook it right in the pot |
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| add in water |
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| done add too much water, the chicken will ooze lot of water |
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| add in a handful of coriander leave..this will seep into the chicken and flavour the curry |
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| cover and pressure cook |
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| now it is done |
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| add in another handful of coriander leaves |
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| Serve |
HGourmet Foodie
wow.. This chicken curry looks so heavenly ! Perfect with just bowl of rice or naan, Thanks for the recipe!
Bhavna gharat
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
Lydia Parthiban
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.
Aarthi
@Lydia Parthibanu can add water as u wish..
Naj
Its tasty .
Naj
Its tasty .
Anonymous
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
tulika ghosh
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.
Greeshma
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
Anonymous
Pls tell me how much water do u add for this quantity in the recipe
Unknown
Pls tell me how much water u add as per these measurements mentioned in the recipe
Priscilla Carver
Love, love, love this! I have made it for tge family at least 5 times now. Thank you for a great recipe!
Amar
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.
Aarthi
podi means powder
Amar
Ohk. But what kind of powder?
Samiksha
Delicious. Just loved it...Thank you.