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Chettinad Chicken

Chettinad style chicken curry
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Chicken
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • ½ kg Onion
  • ½ kg Tomato
  • 1 tsp Chilly powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
  • 1 tsp Peppercorns Kurumulaku
  • 1 tsp Aniseeds Perinjeerakam
  • 2 nos Cardamom Elakka
  • Cinnamon A small stick, Karugapatta
  • 1 Nutmeg grated, Jathikka
  • Curry leaves A few
  • Oil
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • Roast curry leaves and grind.
  • Roast cumin seeds, pepper, aniseeds, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg and powder them.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • SautT onions, ginger-garlic paste, chilly powder and coriander powder and fry well.
  • Add tomato and stir fry for few minutes.
  • Add chicken, salt and turmeric powder.
  • Allow it to cook on a low flame.
  • When chicken is almost done, add the ground spices powder and curry leaves.
  • :- Serve.
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