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Chicken Kulambu | Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe

Aarthi
Chicken kulambu or kuzhambu is a popular South Indian gravy dish made with onion, tomato, ginger and garlic. This Spicy and flavourful Chicken Kuzhambu or Chicken Kulambu recipe is perfect to enjoy with some hot rice or some chapati. It can be had with Appam, Idiyappam and Kerala Parotta.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Gravies
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 servings
Calories 208 kcal

Equipment

  • Cooking pot
  • Pressure cooker

Ingredients
  

Chicken Kulambu Recipe

  • 500 grams Chicken bone-in
  • 2 large Onion peeled & chopped finely
  • 12 no Shallots peeled
  • 2 large Tomatoes chopped finely
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 tablespoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
  • 2 tablespoon Coriander Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as needed
  • Coriander leaves a small handful chopped finely

For Tempering

  • 4 tablespoon Coconut Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds
  • 1 stick Cinnamon
  • 5 no Cardamom
  • 1 no Bay Leaf
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 2 sprig Curry leaves

For Grinding

  • 1 cup Fresh Coconut
  • 1 tablespoon Roasted Gram Dal
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 2 teaspoon Fennel seeds

Instructions
 

  • Grind the ingredients given for grinding together to a very fine paste. Set aside.
  • Take oil in a pressure cooker or cooking pot. Add in whole spices and curry leaves. Add in onions and shallots and cook for 5 mins. Sprinkle in ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 mins. Add in tomatoes and cook till it is soften. Add in spice powders and salt and mix well.
  • Add chicken and toss well. Pour little water, cover the cooker with a lid and pressure cook for 2 whistle, simmer the flame for 10 mins. Open the cooker once pressure is released. Add in coconut paste and mix. Simmer till oil floats on top. Add coriander leaves and mix.

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Notes

  • You can cook this dish in pressure cooker or regular pot. If using pressure cooker, the cooking time is less. If cooking in cooking pot, it takes more time.
  • Country chicken (nattu kozhi) takes more time to cook. So I cook in pressure cooker.
  • Small onions (shallots) add sweetness to the dish. You can use shallots of regular onions.
  • Roasted gram dal in coconut paste adds thickness to the gravy.
  • Once coconut paste is added, don't boil too vigorously else the coconut will curdle.

Serving & Storage

Leftover chicken kulambu can be stored in fridge and reheated on stove top when needed.
Chicken Kulambu recipe is perfect to enjoy with some hot rice or some chapati. It can be had with Appam, Idiyappam and Kerala Parotta. Kuzhambu is usually served with rice, nool parotta, Tandoori roti, idli, dosa, idiyappam or ghee rice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 208kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 8gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 46mgPotassium: 332mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 752IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 2mg
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