Chettinad Chicken Gravy/ Spicy Chicken Gravy
Today’s special recipe is the most popular Chettinad style chicken curry. This spicy, yummy and tasty curry with aromatic flavors is easy to prepare. Chettinad is a famous region in Tamil Nadu and its quite popular for its fiery hot delicious cuisine. This dish is meant tobe hot and real spicy, but can be tamed by..reducing the chillies to suit your own palate though. This curry is always great to enjoy with parotta, roti, naan or with rice.
Ingredients
To Marinate:
Chicken - ½ kg
Turmeric pwd - ¼ tsp
Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp
Lemon juice - ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
To dry roast:
Red chilly - 1 or 2
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds -1 tsp
Fennel seeds -1 tsp
Pepper corns - ½ tsp
Grated coconut -2 tbsp
Cloves -4
Cardamom - 1
Cinnamon -1
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Star anise -1
Cashewnuts -5 to 6
To make gravy:
Oil - 2 tbsp
Bay leaf -1
Red chilly -2
Onions chopped - 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
Sliced tomato - 1 cup
Mint and coriander leaves- ½ cup
Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Instructions
1.
Wash and chop the chicken to bite sized pieces
2.
Prepare a marinade with turmeric pwd, salt, red chilly pwd and lemon juice
3.
Mix well and add the chicken pieces
4.
Coat the chicken with masala paste prepared above and allow to marinate for 1 hour
5.
Meanwhile dry roast the red chilly, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, black peppercorns, grated coconut, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, chana dal, star anise and cashewnuts
6.
Allow to cool and grind it in a blender with little water to coarse paste
7.
Heat oil in a frypan
8.
Add the bay leaves and saute for a minute
9.
Add red chilly and onions
10.
Saute till transculent
11.
Add ginger garlic paste and toss
12.
Add the sliced tomatoes, mint and coriander leaves
13.
Stir well till oil separates
14.
Add the freshly ground masala paste and stir
15.
Now add the marinated chicken pieces
16.
Combine well with the masala in high flame for 2 minutes
17.
Turn the heat to medium low and add red chilly pwd
18.
Check for salt
19.
Add ¼ cup of water and cook the chicken covered with lid
20.
Once the chicken is done, simmer the flame till the gravy reaches the desired consistency
21.
Add few drops of fresh lemon juice
22.
Turn off flame
23.
Garnish with finely chopped coriander and curry leaves
24.
Authentic delicious Chettinad chicken curry is ready to serve