Kerala chicken curry with coconut milk /chicken mappas

Ingredients

• Chicken – 1kg
• Mustard seed – ½ tsp
• Dry red chilli – 3 or 4 nos
• Onion – 2 medium
• Pearl onion – 6 or 7
• Ginger – 1 medium
• Garlic 7 or 8 petals
• Green chilli-3 or 4
• Curry leaves-3 or 4 sprig
• Tomato 2 medium
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tbsp
• Black pepper powder-1 tsp
• Cinnamon-1medium
• Clove 2 or 3
• Cardamom -3 nos
• Fennel seed ½ tsp
• Dilute coconut milk – ½ cup
• Thick coconut milk -1/2 cup
• Salt –to taste
• Oil – 3 or 4 tbsp

Method

•  First we prepare garam masala (cardamom,cinnamon,cloves,fennel seed,)
  grind well and keep it in a side.
•  Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds,dry red chilli
•  Add pearl onion, onion, ginger ,garlic, green chillies and curry leaves.
•  Add tomato and salt to taste, Saute it till the onion and tomato becomes soft
•  Then we add turmeric powder,garam masala paste ,coriander powder and
  black pepper powder mix well and saute well
•  Now add the chicken along with the diluted coconut milk.
•  Cover and cook for 10 mins until the oil appears on top.
•  Then we add thick coconut milk and mix well
•  Turn off the flame and serve kerala chicken mappas with appam .
•  Enjoy the taste ….