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Village Style Chicken Curry Recipe

Village Style Chicken Curry recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is prepared using fresh ground masala which makes the dish more tasty.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • For Chicken:
  • Country Chicken or Regular Chicken - 1 kg cut into small pieces
  • Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
  • Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
  • Salt to taste
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Grinding 1:
  • Coconut - 1 cup
  • Grinding 2:
  • Shallots - 500 grams
  • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tblspn
  • Curry leaves a big handful
  • For Crushing:
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 4 cm piece
  • Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 2 tblspn
  • Cardamom / Yelakai - 10
  • Cloves / Krambu - 10
  • For Curry:
  • Oil - ¼ cup
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 tblspn
  • Tomato - 3 large chopped
  • Chilli Powder - 2 tblspn
  • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 3 tblspn
  • Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as needed
  • Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
  • For Seasoning:
  • Oil - 2 tblspn
  • Shallots / Sambar Onion - 10 sliced thinly
  • Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

Instructions

  • Take chicken along with all the given ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistle, simmer for 10 mins, turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
  • I used country chicken / nattu kozhi, it takes long to cook than regular chicken. If you are using regular chicken cook for 2 whistle. set this aside
  • Grind coconut separately and set aside. Take grinding ingredients 2 and grind coarsely and set aside.
  • Crush the ingredients given to a coarse powder. I used my mortar and pestle.
  • Now lets make the curry. Heat oil in a large pot, add in the crushed powder and saute for few sec.
  • Now add in ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 to 3 mins till raw smell leaves.
  • Add in chicken along with any water.
  • Add in ground shallot mix, tomatoes and mix well. Simmer this whole thing for 15 mins or so.
  • Now add in coriander, chilli powder and salt mix well.
  • Add in coconut paste and mix well. Simmer this till oil separates on top.
  • Sprinkle over garam masala powder and mix well.
  • Now heat little oil in a pan, add curry leaves and shallots. Cook till golden brown. Pour this over the curry along with coriander leaves.
  • Mix well and serve.
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