Name: Kerala Style Chicken Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 no Chicken (cut into pieces, whole); 1 no Onion (cut into small pieces, medium); 6 cloves Garlic; 1 1/2 inch Ginger; 2 sprigs Curry leaves; Mustard seeds for frying; Oil for frying; 2 spoonful Hot chilly powder; 1 spoonful Fennel powder; 1/4 spoonful Turmeric powder; 1/2 spoonful Black pepper; Coriander powder (If reqd); Salt (As reqd); 1/2 spoonful Madras style meat masala (optional); Soy sauce (A few dashes); Worchetshire sauce (A few dashes)

Kerala Style Chicken Curry

A recipe given to me by my mother-in-law

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 no Chicken cut into pieces, whole
1 no Onion cut into small pieces, medium
6 cloves Garlic
1 1/2 inch Ginger
2 sprigs Curry leaves
Mustard seeds for frying
Oil for frying

Spices for masala:-

2 spoonful Hot chilly powder
1 spoonful Fennel powder
1/4 spoonful Turmeric powder
1/2 spoonful Black pepper
Coriander powder If reqd
Salt As reqd
1/2 spoonful Madras style meat masala optional
Soy sauce A few dashes
Worchetshire sauce A few dashes

Instructions

Cut chicken into pieces and remove excess skin and fat.
Chop onion, garlic and ginger.
Add oil in pot (or pressure cooker).
Splutter mustard seeds.
Add onion and fry till golden brown.
Add curry leaves till wilted.
Add garlic and ginger and fry until fragrant.
Grind whole spices and mix with curry masala and salt.
Add it into the pot along with water and cook for 5 minutes or until oil floats on top of spices.
Add chicken pieces and stir with cooking spices add water for cooking, cover with water but not quite covering chicken.
Cook until chicken is tender.
If flavor is lacking, add coriander powder during cooking process and/or chopped green chillies.
Before serving, garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

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Kerala Style Chicken Curry