Chettinad Chicken
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Recipe Submitted by:Pooja Bajaj
Chettinad Chicken
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Recipe Submitted by:Pooja Bajaj
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 5-6People | 30-45Minutes |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 30-45Minutes | 2Hours |
| Servings | Prep Time | Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 5-6People | 30-45Minutes | 30-45Minutes | 2Hours |
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Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- 250-300 gm small onions Famous in south
- 6-7 pieces tomatoes
- 2 tbspn Curry Leaves
- 4 tbspn Coriander leaves
- 10 pieces Cloves
- 4-5 pieces Cinnamon Dalchini
- 15-20 pieces garlic
- 10-15 small pieces Ginger
- 3/4 tspn Cumin seeds Jeera
- 3/4 tspn Black Peppercorn
- 3/4 tspn Fennel seeds Saunf
- 3/4 tspn Chicken Masala Powder Sakthi or Aachi Brand
- 1-2 pieces star anise Chakraphool
- 3/4 tspn Poppy seeds Khaskhas
- 100 gm Coconut
- 3/4 tspn Coriander powder
- 3/4 tspn Red chilli powder
- 3/4 tspn Turmeric powder
- 7-8 tbspn Oil
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Instructions
- In a kadai or a pan, add little oil, 4 Cloves, little Star Anise, Cinammon, Curry leaves few, Small Onions and Garlic & sauté it well.
- Add tomatoes, coriander leaves & sauté it again. (as per the pic 1)
- Once done, keep it for sometime & ensure it comes to normal temperature.
- Once it becomes warm, grind the mixture well (as per the pic 3), tomato mixture is ready. (no water to be added)
- In a separate pan, just fry Fennel Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Cumin seeds, black peppercorn.
- Once slightly fried, add cut coconut pieces & cut ginger in it
- Grind the entire mixture of all these by adding some water to it (as per pic 4), coconut mixture is ready.
- Now in a pan, add little oil, some Cloves, Star Anise, Cinammon pieces & than add chicken.
- Add salt & turmeric powder to it, saute it well...
- After sometime add the tomato onion paste that was kept ready, saute it well again.
- Add all masala powder like coriander, chicken masala, red chilly powder & saute it well
- Keep sauting it till the mixture is nicely minted in chicken
- After sometime, add the mixture of coconut that was kept ready
- Add water as per the gravy you require & sauté
- Keep it on the gas till the gravy becomes thick & chicken is cooked well
- Other way is you can close the cooker but don't give pressure, so that chicken is cooked well
- Once it becomes thick, add coriander leaves to it.
- Chicken is ready to serve
Recipe Notes
Serve it with biryani or plain rice
