Tamil Nadu Chicken Gravy
chicken cooked in tamil nadu style is a yummy dish with Spicy gravy that goes well with rice n briyani.
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- 1 cup Small onions Kunjulli
- 1 no Onion big
- 2 nos Tomato
- 4 nos Green chillies
- 1 tbsp Grated cocount
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
- 2 nos Cinnamon Karugapatta
- 4 nos Cloves Grambu
- 2 nos Cardamom Elakka
- 1/2 tsp Aniseeds Perinjeerakam
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Poppy seeds Khashakhasha
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander powder
- 5 nos Peppercorns
- Coriander leaves A few
- Curry leaves A few
- Oil As reqd
- Salt As reqd
Instructions
- Clean chicken and cut into small pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add green chillies(cut into two halves) and saute for few mins. Keep it aside.
- In the same pan, add small onions and saute for few mins.
- Add cinnamom, cloves, cardamom, aniseeds, cumin seeds, poppy seeds and pepper corns one by one and fry them for few mins.
- Add turmeric and coriander powder and saute.
- Finally, add coconut and a few coriander leaves.
- Switch off the flame.
- Allow it to cool.
- Grind it along with green chillies into a fine paste.
- Cut big onion and tomato into small pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add onion, ginger-garlic paste and fry until it turns golden brown.
- Add curry leaves.
- Add tomato and saute till it blends well.
- Add masala paste and saute for 10 minutes.
- Add chicken pieces.
- Cover and cook on low flame till chicken cooks.
- :- There is no need to add water. If u want, u can add some water to masala that remains in mixer grinder and add that water to chicken and cook.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
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