Varutharacha Chicken Curry Recipe with step by step picture. This Varutharacha Kozhi Kuzhambu Recipe is made with Chicken, Fresh Coconut and Shallots
Varutharacha Chicken Curry
Chicken curry is the one which i make quite often, you can check out all my different varieties of chicken curries..This is a version which i make quite often, this is one of my native special recipe. This chicken curry has freshly roasted spices and coconut in it. So fragrant and so tasty dish.
Roasting the spices and coconut till they are dark brown and adding that to the curry gives the curry a rich brown colour to this curry. So give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Ingredients for Varutharacha Chicken Curry
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Onions - 1 large sliced thinly
- Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
- Tomatoes - 1 large chopped
- Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
- Coriander Powder - 2 tbsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Chicken - 500 gram with bone
- Water - 1 cup
- Coriander Leaves - 3 tbsp finely chopped
For Roasting & Grinding:
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tbsp
- Cinnamon Stick - 3 cm stick
- Cardamom Pods / Yelakai - 5
- Cloves / Krambu - 5
- Shallots / Sambar Onion - 15
- Ginger - 4 cm piece
- Garlic - 6 to 8 fat cloves
- Fresh Coconut - 1.5 cup grated
How to make Varutharacha Chicken Curry (Varutharacha Kozhi Kuzhambu Recipe )
- Start by cooking the chicken, Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in sliced onions and fry till golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add in all the spice powders and salt, mix well.
- Now add in chopped tomatoes and cook for 5 mins.
- Add in chicken piece and toss well. Add in water. Cover the cooker and pressure cook it for 2 whistle, simmer the flame and let it simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and
- let the steam go all by itself. Chicken is cooked now.
- When the chicken is cooking make the masala. Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai. Add in all the whole spices and fry it for a min.
- Add in shallots, ginger, garlic, cook this for 5 mins or so.
- Add in coconut and fry it for 8 to 10 mins till it turns golden. Now let this cool down.
- Take it in a blender and make it into a smooth puree by adding some water.
- Now add this to the cooked chicken, add more water if needed.
- Bring this to boil, simmer it for 10 mins.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
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Varutharacha Kozhi Kuzhambu Recipe | Varutharacha Chicken Curry Recipe
Varutharacha Chicken Curry Recipe with step by step picture. This is made with Chicken, Fresh Coconut and Shallots
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 large sliced thinly Onions
- 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 large chopped Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Chilli Powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi
- 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 500 gram with bone Chicken
- 1 cup Water
- 3 tbsp finely chopped Coriander Leaves
- For Roasting & Grinding:
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
- 3 cm stick Cinnamon Stick
- 5 Cardamom Pods / Yelakai
- 5 Cloves / Krambu
- 15 Shallots / Sambar Onion
- 4 cm piece Ginger
- 6 to 8 fat cloves Garlic
- 1.5 cup grated Fresh Coconut
Instructions
- Start by cooking the chicken, Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in sliced onions and fry till golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add in all the spice powders and salt, mix well.
- Now add in chopped tomatoes and cook for 5 mins.
- Add in chicken piece and toss well. Add in water. Cover the cooker and pressure cook it for 2 whistle, simmer the flame and let it simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Chicken is cooked now.
- When the chicken is cooking make the masala. Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai. Add in all the whole spices and fry it for a min.
- Add in shallots, ginger, garlic, cook this for 5 mins or so.
- Add in coconut and fry it for 8 to 10 mins till it turns golden. Now let this cool down.
- Take it in a blender and make it into a smooth puree by adding some water.
- Now add this to the cooked chicken, add more water if needed.
- Bring this to boil, simmer it for 10 mins.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
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Varutharacha Chicken Curry Recipe step by step picture
Rathi
Hi Aarthi, looks very delicious. I am going to try this with mutton.
Hamaree Rasoi
Spicy and delicious looking preparation. Excellent pics as well.
Deepa
Gowri Nair
looks very yummy
Alpa Devalia Naik
I made this curry on Sunday . It came out good, but felt little more onion taste becoz while grinding & roasting twice onions are used . But the dish was tasty , my hubby liked it . Thanx Aarthi for the recipie
Nandini
Hi Arathi, I cooked with this recipe its very tasty & yummy.
Thanks for the recipe
Lydia parthiban
Hey Aarti this chicken curry is super osm and it came out exactly the same way .. i love all your recipes and i must say nothing ever goes wrong with ur recipes. . I got more confident in cooking jus because of you.. and i wil be always thankfull to you.may God bless you with many more recipes! !
sony
made it today and it was super yummy.
Anonymous
I love your recipies. im going to try this. thanks.
Ranju
Sama flavour... look like same as what you have done... osm ...I don't know about cooking in non veg... but today I made it n it comes very good ... thank you aarthi.. good bless u 🙂
Ritesh
Kitni pressure cooker ki siti aane prr band krna hai cooker ko