Kerala Style Chicken Curry
A recipe given to me by my mother-in-law
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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