Kerala Simple Pepper Chicken
A Tasty Dish which can be had with Chappathis and Rice
Ingredients
- 1 no Whole chicken cut into small pieces
- 4 tbsp Freshly ground pepper
- 3 tbsp Coconut paste
- 2 tsp Red chilly powder
- 2 tsp Cumin powder Jeerakam
- 3 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Salt As reqd
- 2 nos Onion sliced finely, large
- 2 nos Cloves Grambu
- 1 stick Cinnamon Karugapatta
- 2 - Cardamom Elakka
- 2 nos Tomato cut into small cubes
- 1 no Tomato blended to a smooth paste
- 3 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee
For paste:-
- 1" piece Ginger
- 2 - Garlic pods
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken in salt and 2 tbsp of pepper for 1/2 an hour.
- Fry the chicken in 1/4 of the oil, drain and set aside.
- Fry the onions in rest of the oil till it turns translucent.
- Add the cloves, cinammon and cardamom and fry for a minute.
- Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry till the paste turns brown.
- Add the spices(red chilli powder, etc) and stir in for a minute.
- Add tomato, coconut paste and the remaining pepper.
- Fry for a while till the whole mixture loses all moisture.
- Add the tomato paste.
- Add the chicken pieces and stir till all the chicken is well covered with the masala.
- Add a little water and keep covered for 10 mins.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- :- You can add more water to get a gravy.
- :- Serve hot with either roti or plain rice/dal.
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