Tasty Chicken Curry

ingredients

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Shallots – 4 to 5 nos
• Onion – 3 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Garlic – 7 to 8 nos
• Green chilli – 2 to 3 nos
• Curry leaves – 2 to 3 sprigs
• Tomatoes – 1 nos
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Grated coconut – 1 cup
• Cinnamon- 1 or 2 nos
• Cardamom – 3 to 4 nos
• Cloves – 2 to 3 nos
• Pepper seed – 1 tbsp
• Indian bay leaves – 1 or 2 nos
• Salt – 1 or 2 tsp
• Oil -4 to 5 tbsp

Method

• Take a pan,add cleaned chicken pieces.
• Then add some salt, turmeric powder, pepper powder and garam masala.
• Combine them all well and marinate for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Take a bowl, add some grated coconut and some water.
• Squeeze them well with your hands.
• Drain the thick coconut milk and set it aside.
• Again, add the squeezed coconut to a pan and add a sufficient amount of water.
• squeezed them well.
• Drain the thin coconut milk and set it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and pepper seed and Indian bay leaves.
• Then add the chopped ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant.
• Add the chopped onion and saute them well.
• Then add green chilies and saute them well.
• Now add some curry leaves and saute for a few minutes.
• Sprinkle with salt and saute the onion until translucent.
• Add coriander powder, pepper powder, fennel seed and garam masala.
• Saute them well.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and saute till they become soft.
• Now add marinated chicken pieces and mix them well.
• Cover and cook until the chicken is well cooked.
• Remove the lid and pour in the thin coconut milk.
• Mix and cook them well.
• Cover and cook them well.
• Remove the lid, add some salt and mix them well.
• Then add thick coconut milk and cook them well.
• Take the pan off the heat and set it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Add the chopped shallots and saute them well.
• Then add curry leaves and green chillies.
• Saute and fry them well.
• Remove from the heat and transfer the fried mixture to the chicken mappas pan.
• Combine them well.
• Serve the tasty chicken curry with appam.