Chicken chettinad

Name: Chicken chettinad
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gm chicken cut into small pieces; 1 large onion chopped finely; 1/4 cup curry leaves; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1/2 cup curd; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; to taste Salt; 1/4 tsp sugar; Vegetable oil as required; For the paste:; 1 1/2 inch piece ginger; 5 flakes garlic; 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut; 1/2 tsp coriander seeds; 1/2 tsp fennel seeds; 1 1/4 tsp peppercorns; 2 whole dry red chillies; 2 green cardamoms; 2 cloves

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

#cookingwithcoconut
A very delicious tangy chicken curry with a strong flavour of curry leaves, from South India.

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

#cookingwithcoconut
A very delicious tangy chicken curry with a strong flavour of curry leaves, from South India.

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Ingredients

45mins

3 servings

400 gmchicken cut into small pieces
1large onion chopped finely
1/4 cupcurry leaves
1 tbsplemon juice
1/2 cupcurd
1/4 tspturmeric powder
to tasteSalt
1/4 tspsugar
Vegetable oil as required
For the paste:
1 1/2 inchpiece ginger
5flakes garlic
1/2 cupfreshly grated coconut
1/2 tspcoriander seeds
1/2 tspfennel seeds
1 1/4 tsppeppercorns
2whole dry red chillies
2green cardamoms
2cloves

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Steps

45mins

1

Marinate the chicken with curd, salt, turmeric for at least 1hour. For better results marinate it overnight.
2

Heat a wok, add the dry red chillies, saute it for a moment. Add rest of the ingredients under the paste except the grated coconut. Saute it for another moment. Then add the coconut. Again saute everything together.
3

Remove it from the flame and grind it to a smooth paste.
4

Heat some oil in the wok, add the curry leaves. Wait till it splutters.
5

Add the onion and saute it till it becomes light brown in colour.
6

Add the paste and mix it altogether.
7

Saute it till the raw aroma dissapears.
8

Add the marinated chicken.
9

Saute it well and cover it with a lid.
10

Saute it in between.
11

After repeating it for 15-20min, check whether the chicken has become soft.
12

If yes, add the lemon juice and some crushed peppercorns with a little amount of sugar. Sugar is optional you may skip if you want.
13

Mix it well and remove it from the flame. Serve hot