Chicken Masala Puttu
Steamed layers of rice flour and coconut inside a cylindrical mould — puttu is Kerala morning fuel. It crumbles apart on the plate and soaks up kadala curry, banana, or just a spoonful of sugar and ghee.
Ingredientsfor 5 servings
- 3 cup Rice flour
- 500 g Chicken
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Chilly powder
- Salt, to taste
- 3 Onion
- 2 Tomato
- 3 Green chilly
- Coriander leaves, to taste
- Curry leaves, to taste
- 5 Pods Garlic
- Oil, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Wet the rice flour with required water as for making puttu.
Step 2
Marinate the chicken in chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt. Fry it in oil and shred the fried chicken and remove the bones. Mince the chicken.
Step 3
Heat the oil in a vessel and sautT onion with salt in it.
Step 4
Add tomato, garlic and green chilly. cook again.
Step 5
Add chilly powder and turmeric powder again to get more spice.
Step 6
Mix in the shredded chicken, coriander leaves and curry leaves. Stir in flame for 2-3 minutes more.
Step 7
Now steam cook the puttu with this masala in between instead of coconut.
Step 8
Serve it hot.
Tip
Bone-in chicken gives a richer, more flavourful gravy than boneless. The marrow flavours the curry as it cooks.
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