Pepper Chicken Chettinad | Milagu Kozhi Varuval
Pepper Chicken Chettinad is a very spicy hot dish. This authentic dish is known world wide for the spicy masala blended well with the chicken & its rich aroma. Also, its one of the famous recipe in Indian restaurants. It makes a good combo with Chapathi, Naan, flaky parotta, Dosa, biryani or any Rice dish. In this recipe, the tender chicken is cooked in a spicy masala based gravy without adding any water to it. This failproof recipe is also called Pepper Chicken, coz of the dominant , spicy flavor of pepper. This scrumptious dish is definitely on the hot spicy side, so adjust the amount of chillies / pepper to your taste. Cook now n let me know how you enjoyed..:)
Ingredients
Chicken - ½ kg
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - ¼ tsp
Cumin - ½ tsp
Cardamom - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon - 2
Cloves - 3 to 4
Onion - 2
Turmeric pwd - ½ tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green chilly - 1
Curry leaves - a few
Tomato - 2
Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp
Coriander pwd - 2 tsp
Cumin pwd - 1 tsp
Pepper corns - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Freshly chopped coriander leaves
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Instructions
1.
Wash and chop chicken to fine pieces.
2.
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed kadai / wok.
3.
Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and wait to crackle.
4.
Add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf
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Saute for a while
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Add finely chopped onion.
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Add powdered salt and saute till light brown.
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Add turmeric pwd and ginger garlic paste.
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Saute for a minute till raw smell disappears.
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Add chopped green chillies, curry leaves.
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Give a good stir.
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Now add finely chopped tomatoes.
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Add red chilly pwd, coriander pwd, cumin pwd and saute well.
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Cook for 10 mins in low medium flame.
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Now you can see tomatoes are mashed well, the moisture is completely absorbed & oil separates out from the masala.
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Now add chicken pieces.
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Mix it with the above prepared chettinad masala together.
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Cover with a lid & cook for 5 to 7 minutes. ( or till chicken is cooked tender )
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Take care not to add water in this step for the chicken to cook, it will get cooked in the masala & chicken itself will let out its own moisture, while getting cooked.
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Meanwhile crush peppercorns to coarse pwd. ( freshly ground pepper enhances the taste)
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Open the lid, you can see the chicken has oozed out so much moisture, without adding any water.
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Check if the chicken is cooked tender.
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Now add crushed peppercorns.
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Mix well.
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You can enjoy the rich spicy aroma lingering all over , rocking your home.
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Finally , garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
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Awesome Pepper Chicken Chettinad curry is ready to taste.
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Enjoy the spicy taste with Chapatti, Naan, Dosa and Rice..