Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kerala style spicy chicken curry. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Kerala Style Spicy Chicken Curry is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Kerala Style Spicy Chicken Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook kerala style spicy chicken curry using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Kerala Style Spicy Chicken Curry:
- Take 500 g Chicken
- Take 1 cup grated coconut
- Get For Spices:
- Take 1 tsp Pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp Fennel
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Make ready 2-3 Cloves
- Prepare 2 Cardamoms
- Make ready 2 Red chillies
- Make ready 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
- Get 50 gms Chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies
- Take 200 gms shallots
- Prepare 2 tomato (pureed)
- Take 1 tablespoon vinegar
- Make ready As per taste Salt
- Take Handful Curry leaves
- Get Handful coriander leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp kasuri methi
- Take As required Water to adjust the gravy consistency
Instructions to make Kerala Style Spicy Chicken Curry:
- Roast whole spices like red chillies, pepper, fennel, cumin and coriander. Roast grated coconut. Grind all the roasted ingredients without adding much water. Keep it aside.
- Heat coconut oil. Add chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies. Add sliced shallots. Saute well.
- Add tomato puree. Once everything is cooked, add marinated chicken pieces (keep the chicken marinated with turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and one tablespoon vinegar).
- Cook the chicken. Don't add any water.
- Once it is half done, add the prepared masala paste.
- Add water as per desired consistency. Bring to boil. Add curry leaves and coriander leaves.
- Close it with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add crushed kasuri methi (it is optional). I used it as everyone at home likes the flavour.
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