Special Chicken Curry
A deeply satisfying special chicken curry simmered slowly with freshly ground spices and coconut. The kind of gravy that thickens as it rests and rewards patience with layered, rounded flavour.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- Chicken — cut into 8 pieces with bones
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 2 nos Onion — thinly sliced
- 6 nos Garlic
- 3 nos Green chillies
- 2 nos Tomato
- ½ tsp Cinnamon powder
- Black pepper, to taste — crushed
- 1 nos Pomegranate pearls separated
- 1 tsp Lime juice
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Pour oil into a pan and heat it.
Step 2
Add garlic and slit green chillies and cook until colour changes.
Step 3
Add chopped onion and cook until it turns light golden in colour.
Step 4
Add chicken and Let it cook for 4 minutes.
Step 5
Add salt and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 6
To make tomato puree, place the tomatoes in boiled water and cook until the skin starts to split and peel off. Take out the tomatoes from the water and allow to cool or put in cold water. Grind it to a smooth paste.
Step 7
When chicken turns light brown, add cinnamon powder, freshly crushed black pepper powder and pureed tomatoes. Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 8
Grind half of the pomegranate pearls and add into the chicken.
Step 9
Rinse the mixer jar with a little water and add to the pan.
Step 10
Adjust crushed peppercorn. Cover with a lid and cook till the chicken is done.
Step 11
Add the juice of half lemon and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 12
Transfer the contents to a serving bowl.
Step 13
Garnish with remaining pomegranate pearls.
Tip
Coconut oil and curry leaves at the very end, off the heat, give the curry its characteristic Kerala aroma. Never skip this final step.
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