Chicken is one of my all time favorites......I actually cannot be without eating chicken more than a week.
I love chettinadu food very much and I know the main ingredients that are supposed to be in chettinadu style cooking like whole garam masala, Shallots, curry leaves etc., So thought of trying my own recipe of chettinadu chicken and here it goes.........
It tasted awesome as it looks .........so try it and let me know your comments.
Ingredients:
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1 Whole Chicken cut into medium size pieces or small pieces
10 shallots/small onions sliced
1 medium onion chopped finely
1 Big Tomato
2 or 3 Green chillies slit into half
2 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
2 Sprig Curry leaves
1tsp Turmeric powder
2tbsp Coriander powder
3/4tbsp Red Chili powder
1tbsp Black pepper powder
1tsp Garam masala powder
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
1/4 cup Coconut milk powder
Whole garam masla:
1 Bay leaf
3 whole Cardamoms
5 Cloves
5 Cloves
1inch Cinnamon Stick
1tsp Cumin seeds
oil for cooking
Method:
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1. Take a heavy bottom pan add 1tbsp oil, add the whole garam masala and fry for 1 minute.
2. Add chicken, Ginger-garlic paste, onions, tomato, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder and half the salt and cook the chicken for about 30 minutes/until done, add the rest of the salt and pepper powder and coconut milk powder and cook it for 2 mins. Off the flame and keep it aside.
3. In a small kadai/pan add 2 tbsp oil, once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and wait until it splutters, then add curry leaves and green chillies then add the shallots. Fry until the shallots turn light brown.
4. Off the flame and pour the mixture on top of the prepared chicken. Mix once and garnish with corriander leaves and slices onion rings.
N'joy my Chettinadu chicken curry with a twist ;-)
