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Spicy Chukka Chicken Recipe

Spicy chicken chukka is an authentic South Indian recipe. The word “chukka” refers to a dry dish, where the meat or vegetables are cooked with spice masala coating. This chicken chukka tastes really delicious and is a mouth watering recipe too. It is made with fresh spices like cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, dry red chilli, cumin and coriander.
The chicken is slow cooked with the freshly made aromatic spices and the wet paste. This recipe is so easy to make and goes very well with plain rice, biryani, parotta, idli and dosai. It is simple and yet tastes heavenly in every bite.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
marination time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Course Lunch
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings
Calories 348 kcal

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Cooking pot

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams Chicken Preferably bone-in chicken thighs
  • 5 tablespoon Coconut Oil
  • 500 grams Onions peeled & sliced thinly
  • 1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon Coriander leaves finely chopped

Dry Masala Powder

  • 5 no Dry Red Chillies
  • 2 tablespoon Coriander Seeds
  • 3 cm Cinnamon
  • 4 pods Cardamom
  • 2 no Cloves
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder

Wet Masala (to grind)

Instructions
 

  • Take all dry spices in a blender and powder them finely. Set aside.
  • Now take all wet masala in the same blender and add water to puree till smooth. Set aside
  • Take chicken in a bowl, add the dry masala, wet masala, salt and mix well. Leave it to marinate for 1 hour.
  • Heat oil in a kadai. Add in onions and saute till golden.
  • Now add in chicken and toss well in the oil. Cover and cook on a low heat for 15 mins, now the water from the chicken will come out. Cover again and cook on low heat for another 15 mins.
  • Now increase the heat and cook till the water is evaporated and chicken is done. Add in coriander leaves and toss well. Serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 348kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 13gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 653mgPotassium: 395mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 674IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 76mgIron: 2mg
Keyword chicken chukka, chicken recipes
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