This is the chicken curry which we make on most of the occasion, when there is parties, functions or regular weekends. This is the curry which i learned to cook my first non veg curry. Because you can never go wrong with them. It is so basic, the spice which we add is store bought chicken masala powder. If you cannot find that add a mixture of chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and garam masala powder. But i am sure that you can find chicken masala powder in any shop.
This curry taste great with rice, paratha, roti, idli, dosa or anything. It is a very versatile curry. I hope you will love it and let me know what you think.
Nagercoil Chicken Curry
Traditional chicken curry which is so flavourful. Taste amazing with roti, rice, paratha, dosa and idlies.
Ingredients
- Chicken - 500 grams / ½ kg
- Oil - ¼ cup
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small piece
- Bay Leaf - 1
- Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
- Onion - 2 large sliced
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
- Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tblspn
- Chicken Masala Powder - 3 to 4 tblspn
- Tomatoes - 4 large chopped
- Coconut - 1 cup
- Fennel Seed / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblspn
- Water as needed
- Coriander Leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
Instructions
- Take coconut and fennel seeds in a mixer and make into a fine paste. Set this aside till use.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cinnamon, bay leaf and cardamom and saute them.
- Add in onions and curry leaves and saute this for 5 mins.
- Now add in salt and turmeric powder and mix well. Saute this till the onions turn golden.
- Now add in Ginger Garlic Paste and saute for a min.
- Add in chicken masala powder and saute for a min.
- Add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy.
- Now add in chicken and toss well with the masala.
- Add in some water and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer the pan for 30 to 35 mins.
- Now add in ground coconut masala and mix well. Cover again and simmer for 15 to 20 mins.
- Now the oil will float on top. Garnish with coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve with rice.
Video
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Pictorial:
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| Grind Coconut and Fennel Seeds together |
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| Grind them to a very smooth paste |
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| Heat oil and crackle some whole spices |
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| Add in onions and curry leaves |
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| Sprinkle some salt and turmeric powder |
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| Saute for a while |
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| Cook this till it turns golden |
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| Add a good amount of ginger garlic paste |
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| Saute till raw smell goes away |
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| Now add in your fav chicken masala powder |
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| mix well |
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| Add in tomatoes |
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| Cook this till oil separates |
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| Add in cleaned chicken pieces |
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| Toss well with the masala |
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| Pour some water |
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| Mix well |
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| Bring everything to a good boil |
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| Cover and simmer |
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| Till chicken is cooked |
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| Add in coconut masala |
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| Mix well again |
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| Cover again and simmer |
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| Till oil leaves from the curry |
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| Garnish with cilantro |
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| Serve |
Rumana Ambrin
Looks very rich....
nayana
Chicken curry looks very tempting... Todays post : http://nayanas-kitchen-kreations.blogspot.in/2013/05/dudhi-barfee-bottle-sweet-squares.html
Rafeeda AR
yummy chicken curry... love that "chatti" of urs... 🙂
Corporate to Kitchen
The curry looks very authentic & I like the way you have presented it.
Anonymous
You seemed to left out the tomatoes under "method"....just a typo, perhaps. Look fwd to trying this soon.
Cheah ~ No-Frills Recipes
Your traditional curry looks soooooo good. Haven't been cooking curry for some time.
Anna
Ummmm!!! delicius. I love it!!!. Kisses!!
Hamaree Rasoi
simply awesome and delicious looking chicken curry. wonderfully prepared.
deepa
Torviewtoronto
curry looks wonderful
Anonymous
really awesome recipe..i tried it myself and it came out really well...indeed a new taste ..thanks a lot aarti....and thanks for creating such a wonderful blog....really hats off to u.....
Muthukrishnan Kumarasamy
Akka super. pinniteenga ponga
priyanka
one of my favourite . There is lotz of mouth watery dishes which we never get outside areas other than nagercoil which we dont even get in hotels itself . i had lotz of dishes which i never had anywhere around tamilnadu only unforgettable food i had at my relatives house and also in marriage halls at nagercoil .hope you will bring it to outside world .your dishes are famous to all my friends and colleagues .thanks mrs.chef nagercoil.
Anonymous
I love cooking & I keep browsing the internet to see if I can come across a nice & user friendly website which gives me varieties to cook. And this page is just awesome, I need all that I want, & with pictures it makes it a lot easier to know how a recipe has to be cooked & what spices needs to be added, I'm going to try this dish this weekend :). Thank you so much for this recipe & keep posting.
kamalaveni
Nice dish the stepwise pictures are super please tell substitute of chicken masala and give the onion tomotto in grams
Aarthi
@kamalaveniYou can use mixture of chilli, coriander, cumin, pepper and garam masal powder. And onion is around 300 grams. Tomato is around 350 grams
kamalaveni
Thankyou aarthi and please give the ratio of chilli,coriander,cumin,pepper and garam masala and also tell the common weight in one onion and one tomotto
Anonymous
looks good but no chilli powder or green chillies?? how does it taste???
Aarthi
@AnonymousThe chicken masala powder which u putt has chilli powder in it.
plasterers bristol
This sounds so delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon
Anonymous
when to add salt??
Aarthi
@Anonymousadd while the onions are cooking
Pushpa Narayana
I started cooking after seeing ur recipes. Thank u so much teaching me cooking .
Anonymous
@kamalaveniHi Aarthi,
Nice recipie.am a beginner in cooking.so can you please let men know the ratio of chilli powder . Cumin powder,dhania powder garam masala in the case of alternate to chicken masala powder.
Thank you.
Anonymous
Also the ratio for pepper,coriander powder also .thank you.
Aarthi
@Anonymousif you add chilli powder add two times coriander powder to chilli powder. Cumin, turmeric can be added just a tsp. Pepper also a tsp must be good.More over spices are to taste..you can taste and adjust it
Anonymous
I tried it today.. Came out very well..nice recipe.. But instead of readymade powders like chicken masala pls give recipes with our own masala preparations.. Tat wil add more taste to our traditional recipes..Thank you
boy
Finally a proper blog for Cooking Newbies like myself. Thank you Aarthi 🙂
Sathya
Hey Aarthi,
This recipe looks yummy.Am a regular follower of your blog!! Keep going!! Waiting for more exciting recipes from your side!!!! I am happy that you are using our
chicken masala.
Anonymous
All the credits goes to chicken masala. Because it contains all the species which give special authentic taste
Anonymous
Can u plz tell garammasala ratio for substitute...
Aarthi
@Anonymous u have to use chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder and garam masala powder if u dont have that chicken masala powder
Anonymous
Hi. I tried this and it's very yummy. I tried it two ways. One without the coconut and saunf and the other with. Both were great. I loved it without. It was like how my mother used to make. Also I didnt have store bought masala so I used the combo you suggested and it was quite good! Thanks again for this! I finally found my go to chicken preparion.
Aruna
Just tried it and my husband who is usually very difficult to impress was quite impressed! Easy recipe with good results! I used pressure Cooker though to cook the chicken. Thank you!