Chettinadu Chicken Curry

S who is a good cook always claims that he cooks better than me,which I never agree.We always argue over this every now and then but at times when I am lazy and not in a mood to cook I take advantage of that and  make him to do  all the cooking by telling him that  he cooks better than me :) Poor S ,he always fall for that :)

 

 Last weekend he cooked a Malabar chicken curry and I gotto to agree it was delicious and one of the best chicken curry I had..he was pulling my legs ever since and challenged me to make a chicken curry better than that . I  wanted to somehow prove that I was  better, so I started looking for recipes and  finally found this chettinadu chicken curry in My Kitchen Experiments and it looked delicious.I went ahead and decided to cook this one for my  challenge..The curry was delicous and he too agreed that, but he still claims that his was the best.I guess I will have to wait for my boy to grow up and settle this fight between us :) 

 

Ingredients

 

Chicken - 750 gms

Shallots - 1 cup(sliced)

Tomato - 2 ( small)

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Curry leaves - 2  string

Salt

Oil

 

For masala powder

 

Peppercorns - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Corainder seeds  - 1 1 /2 tbs

Cardamom seeds - 2 no

Cinnamon stick - 1 "

Whole red chillly - 6 nos

Curry leaves - 1 string

Oil - 1/2 tsp

 

For Paste

 Poppy seeds - 1 tbs (saoked in little warm water for 10 mins)

Ginger - 1" piece

Garlic - 5  cloves

Green chillies - 2 nos

 

Method

1.In 1/2 tsp oil roast the masala powder ingredients for 2-3 minutes.Once its cool grind it to powder.

2.Make a paste of the ingredients under "for paste "

3.In a saucepan add some oil and add sliced shallots and saute till its light brown.

4.Add the grinded  paste and saute till raw smell goes.

5.Add the Chicken and cook it on a medium flame uncovered for 3-4 minutes.

6.Add salt,turmeric powder,salt and half of the coconut milk,curry leaves  and cook for  20-25 minutes.

7.Add the ground masala powders and rest of the coconut milk and cook for 2-3 minutes.

 

Serve with Rice,chapathy or Malabar paratha !