This is the roast which i made when i tried out the turkey curry. And it was a instant hit with the family. The flavour of coconut played a important role in this roast. It just coated all the turkey beautifully.Loved it to the core..
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Turkey Curry
Chicken Coconut Roast
Mutton Thoran
Mutton Chukka
Hope you will try this and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
For Cooking Turkey:
Turkey / Vaan Kozhi - 500 grams chopped
Salt to taste
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Water - 1 cup
For Grinding:
Coconut - 1 cup grated
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn
Cinnamon / Pattai - 5 cm piece
For Masala:
Coconut Oil - 3 tblspn
Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
Green Chillies - 3 slit
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1.5 tblspn
Salt to taste
Capsicum - 1 large sliced
Lemon Juice to taste
Coriander leaves a handful chopped
Method:
In a pressure cooker, take turkey, salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder. Add some water and pressure cook for 3 whistle. Then simmer the flame and cook for 15 mins. Now turn off the heat and let the pressure go all by itself. Open the cooker, drain the meat in a bowl. Use the liquid for soup or making rasam.
Take coconut and other ingredients mentioned in a blender and make it into a coarse mix. Dont add water.
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in onions, chillies and saute till light golden.
Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
Add in salt, chilli powder, coriander and garam masala powder and saute for 30 sec or so.
Add in the meat and toss well in the masala. Keep cooking till it gets nice colour.
Add in capsicum and toss well for few more mins.
Add in coconut masala and mix well. Cook this for few more mins as well.
Add in lemon juice and coriander leaves.
Serve hot.
Pictorial:
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| Take your cleaned chopped turkey |
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| Take it in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in salt, chilli and turmeric powder |
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| mix wel |
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| add very little water |
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| cover and cook |
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| now it is done |
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| use a slotted spoon to remove the turkey alone |
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| You dont need the liquid, you can use that to make soup or rasam |
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| Now take your other stuffs |
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| take coconut in a blender |
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| Add in cinnamon stick and fennel seeds |
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| Grind it to a coarse mix, dont add water while grinding |
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| Heat oil in a kadai, coconut oil is best |
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| Add in onions and green chillies |
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| saute till light golden |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste and saute well |
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| add in salt and chilli powder |
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| now goes coriander powder |
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| garam masala powder |
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| mix well |
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| Add in the cooked turkey |
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| mix well with the masala and spices |
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| keep cooking till it gets nice colour |
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| Add in the chopped capsicum |
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| mix well |
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| Cook til the whole thing is golden |
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| Add in the coconut masala |
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| Mix well and cook for few more mins |
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| squeeze some lemon juice |
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| and add a good amount of coriander leaves |
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| enjoy |
Rajendra Koti
Can turkey be substituted by chicken in this recipe?
Aarthi
@Rajendra Kotiyes u can use chicken or mutton
bruselee
Good. I tried it really awesome...
bruselee
Nice