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    Nanjil Nattu Chicken Curry

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Traditional Nagercoil chicken curry which is also called as nanjil nattu chicken curry which is so flavourful. Taste amazing with roti, rice, paratha, dosa and idlies.

    Nagercoil Chicken Curry

    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.

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    • Nagercoil Chicken Curry Recipe | Nanjil Nattu Kozhi Kulambu Recipe
    • Nanjil Nattu Chicken Curry with Step by Step Pictures

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    Nagercoil Chicken Curry Recipe | Nanjil Nattu Kozhi Kulambu Recipe

    Traditional chicken curry which is also called as nanjil nattu chicken curry which is so flavourful. Taste amazing with roti, rice, paratha, dosa and idlies.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings

    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.

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    Nanjil Nattu Chicken Curry with Step by Step Pictures

     
    Grind Coconut and Fennel Seeds together. You can add roasted gram dal

     

    Grind them to a very smooth paste

     

    Heat oil and crackle some whole spices

     

    Add in onions and curry leaves

     

    Sprinkle some salt and turmeric powder

     

    Saute for a while

     

    Cook this till it turns golden

     

    Add a good amount of ginger garlic paste

     

    Saute till raw smell goes away

     

    Now add in your fav chicken masala powder

     

    mix well

     

    Add in tomatoes

     

    Cook this till oil separates

     

    Add in cleaned chicken pieces

     

    Toss well with the masala

     

    Pour some water

     

    Mix well

     

    Bring everything to a good boil

     

    Cover and simmer

     

    Till chicken is cooked

     

    Add in coconut masala

     

    Mix well again

     

    Cover again and simmer

     

    Till oil leaves from the curry

     

    Garnish with cilantro

     

    Serve

     

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    Comments

    1. Rumana Ambrin

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      Looks very rich....

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    2. Rafeeda AR

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      yummy chicken curry... love that "chatti" of urs... 🙂

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    3. Corporate to Kitchen

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      The curry looks very authentic & I like the way you have presented it.

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    4. Anonymous

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      You seemed to left out the tomatoes under "method"....just a typo, perhaps. Look fwd to trying this soon.

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    5. Cheah ~ No-Frills Recipes

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      Your traditional curry looks soooooo good. Haven't been cooking curry for some time.

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    6. Anna

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      Ummmm!!! delicius. I love it!!!. Kisses!!

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    7. Hamaree Rasoi

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      simply awesome and delicious looking chicken curry. wonderfully prepared.
      deepa

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    8. Torviewtoronto

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      curry looks wonderful

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    9. Anonymous

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      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.....

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    10. Muthukrishnan Kumarasamy

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      Akka super. pinniteenga ponga

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    11. priyanka

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      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.

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    12. Anonymous

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      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.

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    13. kamalaveni

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      Nice dish the stepwise pictures are super please tell substitute of chicken masala and give the onion tomotto in grams

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    14. Aarthi

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      @kamalaveniYou can use mixture of chilli, coriander, cumin, pepper and garam masal powder. And onion is around 300 grams. Tomato is around 350 grams

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    15. kamalaveni

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      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

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    16. Anonymous

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      looks good but no chilli powder or green chillies?? how does it taste???

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    17. Aarthi

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      @AnonymousThe chicken masala powder which u putt has chilli powder in it.

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    18. plasterers bristol

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      This sounds so delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

      Simon

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    19. Anonymous

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      when to add salt??

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    20. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousadd while the onions are cooking

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    21. Pushpa Narayana

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      I started cooking after seeing ur recipes. Thank u so much teaching me cooking .

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    22. Anonymous

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      @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.

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    23. Anonymous

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      Also the ratio for pepper,coriander powder also .thank you.

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    24. Aarthi

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      @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

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    25. Anonymous

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      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

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    26. boy

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      Finally a proper blog for Cooking Newbies like myself. Thank you Aarthi 🙂

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    27. Sathya

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      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.

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      • Anonymous

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        All the credits goes to chicken masala. Because it contains all the species which give special authentic taste

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    28. Anonymous

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      Can u plz tell garammasala ratio for substitute...

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    29. Aarthi

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      @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

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    30. Anonymous

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      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.

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    31. Aruna

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      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!

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