Kolhapuri Chicken Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is spicy and full of aromatic flavours. Serve with hot, steamed rice or any Indian bread of your choice.
Kolhapuri Chicken Curry
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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Ingredients for Kolhapuri Chicken Curry
- Chicken - 1 whole chicken cut into 10 big pieces
- Oil - 3 tbsp
- Curry leaves a handful
- Coriander leaves - 2 handful finely chopped
- Coriander Powder - 2 tbsp
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
For Masala:
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- 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 tbsp
- Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Garlic - 6 cloves
- Onion - 500 grams sliced thinly
- Tomato - 500 grams chopped
- Salt to taste
For Marination:
- Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Lemon Juice - 3 tbsp
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..
How to Make Kolhapuri Chicken Curry
- 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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Kolhapuri Chicken Curry Recipe
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
Instructions
- 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.
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.