Kothu Kozhi Recipe
Kothu Kozhi Recipe with step by step pictures. Shredded chicken tossed in an onion tomato masala which goes well with roti, parotta.
Ingredients
- Chicken - ½ kg with bone
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn
- Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
- Green chilli - 2 slit
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Tomato - 2 large sliced thinly
- Chilli powder- 1 teaspoon or to taste
- Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin powder / Jeera podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala powder - 2 tsp
- Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon or to taste
- Oil - ¼ cup
- Roasted Gram dal / Pori kadalai / Pottu kadalai - 3 tblspn powdered
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice - 1 tblspn or to taste
- Coriander leaves - a handful
For Grinding:
- Onion - 1 large chopped
- Tomato - 1 large chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Chilli powder- 1 teaspoon or to taste
- Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin powder / Jeera podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala powder - 2 tsp
- Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon or to taste
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Take all the grinding ingredients in a blender and make into a fine puree.
- Take chicken, grounded masala in a pressure cooker and cook it for 5 to 6 whistle. Now switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself.
- Open the pressure cooker and separate the chicken pieces and the leftover masala. Keep the masala aside till use.
- Now debone the chicken pieces and set the shredded chicken aside till use.
- Heat oil in a large kadai. Add in fennel seeds, onions, green chilli, curry leaves to that and saute for a couple of mins.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min till raw smell goes away.
- Add in salt, the spice powders and mix well.
- Now throw in some tomatoes and saute for 5 mins or till it turns mushy.
- Now add in the leftover masala and mix well.
- Throw in the shredded chicken pieces along with a splash of water.
- Cover the pan with a lid and Cook this whole thing for 10 mins on low flame.
- Now sprinkle in some roasted gram dal powder and mix that well.
- Increase the heat to a high and cook everything for a good 5 mins stirring constantly.
- Now squeeze in some lemon juice and throw in the coriander leaves.
- Serve this with roti, rice, dosa, idli or with any bread of your choice.
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