CHICKEN KOLAPURI

This is one flavorful chicken curry..Taste really fantastic. It has lots of onions in them and whole spices. They are roasted and ground to perfectly. The colour for this dish comes from roasting of the onions so take your time to roast it. Hubby loved it to the core..

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins to 1 hour
Serves : 5 to 6


Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 whole chicken cut into 10 big pieces
Oil – 3 tblspn
Curry leaves a handful
Coriander leaves – 2 handful finely chopped
Coriander Powder – 2 tblspn
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp

For Masala:
Oil – 2 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai – 3 cm piece
Cardamom / Yelakai – 5
Cloves / Krambu – 5
Whole Black Pepper – 2 tsp
Star Anise – 1
Mace – 2
Sesame Seeds / Ellu – 2 tblspn
Coconut – 1/2 cup grated
Garlic – 6 cloves
Onion – 500 grams sliced thinly
Tomato – 500 grams chopped
Salt to taste

For Marination:
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Lemon Juice – 3 tblspn

Method:

Start by marinating chicken with the ingredients given for marination well. Leave it to marinate till you get ready with the other stuff.

Heat oil in a kadai. Add in whole spices, garlic, sesame seeds, coconut and roast for a min. Add in onions, salt and cook till golden. Take this in a blender and add in tomatoes. Make it into a smooth puree.

Heat some more oil in a kadai. Add in curry leaves and the ground masala. Add in the spices and cook till oil separates.

Add in chicken and toss well. Transfer this to a pressure cooker, add in water and coriander leaves. Pressure cook for 15 to 20 mins on a low heat.

Turn the heat off and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and add in another handful of
coriander leaves.

Serve.

This is one flavourful chicken curry..Taste really fantastic. It has lots of onions in them and whole spices. They are roasted and ground to perfectly. The colour for this dish comes from roasting of the onions so take your time to roast it. Hubby loved it to the core..

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins to 1 hour
Serves : 5 to 6


Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 whole chicken cut into 10 big pieces
Oil – 3 tblspn
Curry leaves a handful
Coriander leaves – 2 handful finely chopped
Coriander Powder – 2 tblspn
Chilly Powder – 1 ts – 1 tsp

For Masala:
Oil – 2 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai – 3 cm piece
Cardamom / Yelakai – 5
Cloves / Krambu – 5
Whole Black Pepper – 2 tsp
Star Anise – 1
Mace – 2
Sesame Seeds / Ellu – 2 tblspn
Coconut – 1/2 cup grated
Garlic – 6 cloves
Onion – 500 grams sliced thinly
Tomato – 500 grams chopped
Salt to taste

for marination

chilli powder-1thispn

ginger garlic paste-2thispn

garam masala powder-1tsn

turmeric powder manial podi-1tsp

lemon juice-3thispn

method

start by marinating chicken with the ingredients given for marination well. leave it to marinate till you get ready with the other stuff 

heat oil in kadai,add in whole spices, garlic, sesame seeds, coconut and roast for a min. add in onions,salt and cook till golden.take this in a blender and add in tomatoes, make it into a smooth puree

heat some more oil in a kadai, add in curry leaves and the ground masala. add in the spices and cook till oil separates.

add in chicken and toss well.transfer this to a pressure cooker add in water and coriander leaves. pressure cook for 15to20 mins on a low heat

turn the heat off and let the the seam go all by itself.open the cooker and add in add in another handful of coriander leaves.

serve hot