I love cooking chicken this way.This is how the chicken curry is made in our household as far as I can remember.The spices that are crushed and added in final stages of cooking brings out such a nice flavor and aroma which I defenitely look forward to enjoying.
Ingredients
1 whole chicken cleaned and cut into pieces
2 '' cinnamon pieces
1 bay leaf
2 cardomom and clove pods each
curry leaves
1 green chilli chopped
1 large onion chopped
1 large tomato chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
3 pods of garlic and 1' inch ginger crushed
¼ teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
½ teaspoon kashmiri chili powder
some cumin seeds,fennel seeds and pepper corns crushed(save for last)
¼ cup of thick coconut milk
oil
2 '' cinnamon pieces
1 bay leaf
2 cardomom and clove pods each
curry leaves
1 green chilli chopped
1 large onion chopped
1 large tomato chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
3 pods of garlic and 1' inch ginger crushed
¼ teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
½ teaspoon kashmiri chili powder
some cumin seeds,fennel seeds and pepper corns crushed(save for last)
¼ cup of thick coconut milk
oil
Method
- Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan and add cinnamon,bay leaf, cardamom,clove and curry leaves.
- Add the onions,a pinch of salt and cook till the onions turn soft and add in the crushed ginger garlic paste.
- Fry for a while till it turns light brown in color and add the chopped tomatoes and the spices.
- Add a little bit a of water and cover and cook for till the tomatoes are soft.Add in the tomato paste,chicken,a cup of water,salt and cook till the chicken is done.
- Stir the coconut milk in and heat it through.
- Two to three minutes before you switch off the fire add the crushed spices.Adjust seasoning.
*Notes:
- I have reduced the amount of chili powder because i feed this to my kids and added tomato paste to retain the reddish color.You can add more chilli powder if you want to fire things up a bit.
- When I'm too lazy or pressed for time to extract the coconut milk I use about 2 tablespoon plain yogurt.
Meena Kannan says
luks delicious..drooling here!...chicken is my favorite n this is awesome..best wishes