Chicken dry curry with coconut and spices. Simple but full of flavour.
If you want to have some protein based Indian dinner, this is one recipe which is handy.
Other favorite chicken recipes: Kerala chicken fry, Madras Chicken curry.
Ingredients
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Spices – cardamom, cinnamon, clove, bay leaf – each two
- Whole Red chillies – 2, broken
- Garlic – 8, finely chopped
- Ginger – 1 inch,finely chopped
- Green chilli – 2, slit
- Mint – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
- Red Onion – 2, sliced
- Tomato – 1, chopped
- Salt – 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Chicken – 500 gms
- Water – 1/2 cup
- Pepper powder – 1.5 tsp
- Grated fresh Coconut – 2 tbsp
- Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
Directions
- Wash and cut the chicken into medium sized pieces.
- Add spices , red chillies, onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, mint together and salt. Sauté until translucent. Then add chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder. Sauté well.
- Add the chicken pieces and mix well.
- Add water and mix well.
- CLose the pan after that for another 10 minutes.
- Add pepper powder and coconut to the top of the chicken.
- Close it for another 5 minutes and open! Oh lala! Ready!
- Squeeze lemon juice and coriander leaves to garnish.
- Notes :
- 1. Add curry leaves if you have some. I was giving it to my nephew who doesn’t like curry leaves.
