Village Style Chicken Curry Recipe

Ingredients for Village Style Chicken Curry

For Chicken:

• Country Chicken or Regular Chicken – 1 kg cut into small pieces
• Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
• Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn
• Salt to taste
• Water – 1 cup

Grinding 1:

• Coconut – 1 cup

Grinding 2:

• Shallots – 500 grams
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tblspn
• Curry leaves a big handful

For Crushing:

• Cinnamon / Pattai – 4 cm piece
• Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu – 2 tblspn
• Cardamom / Yelakai – 10
• Cloves / Krambu – 10

For Curry:

• Oil – ¼ cup
• Ginger Garlic Paste – 3 tblspn
• Tomato – 3 large chopped
• Chilli Powder – 2 tblspn
• Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 3 tblspn
• Garam Masala Powder – 1 tblspn
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed
• Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped

Seasoning:

• Oil – 2 tblspn
• Shallots / Sambar Onion – 10 sliced thinly
• Curry leaves – 2 sprigs

How to Make Village Style Chicken Curry

1. Take chicken along with all the given ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistle, simmer for 10 mins, turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
2. I used country chicken / nattu kozhi, it takes long to cook than regular chicken. If you are using regular chicken cook for 2 whistle. set this aside.
3. Grind coconut separately and set aside. Take grinding ingredients 2 and grind coarsely and set aside.
4. Crush the ingredients given to a coarse powder. I used my mortar and pestle.
5. Now lets make the curry. Heat oil in a large pot, add in the crushed powder and saute for few sec.
6. Now add in ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 to 3 mins till raw smell leaves.
7. Add in chicken along with any water.
8. Add in ground shallot mix, tomatoes and mix well. Simmer this whole thing for 15 mins or so.
9. Now add in coriander, chilli powder and salt mix well.
10. Add in coconut paste and mix well. Simmer this till oil separates on top.
11. Sprinkle over garam masala powder and mix well.
12. Now heat little oil in a pan, add curry leaves and shallots. Cook till golden brown.
13. Pour this over the curry along with coriander leaves.
14. Mix well and serve.

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