Sunday, March 1, 2009

SPICY CHICKEN CURRY

Chicken curry is my favourite non veg curry that I would like to have with palappam or idiyappam or parotta as well. Here the pieces are marinated with Indian spices and most important the flavour of curry leaves makes this curry special and very tasty. Most of the time I use boneless chicken piece. But I do agree, with bone the curry tastes much more delicious. So here's my way of making chicken curry-


MARINATING CHICKEN.

1/2 LB Chicken Thighs.

2 tbs Curd.

1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste.

1 tsp Chilli pd.

1/2 tsp Turmeric pd.

Salt to taste.

FOR THE GRAVY.

1 Chopped Onions.

1 Chopped T omato.

1 tbs Chopped Ginger.

1 tbs Chooped Garlic.

1 sprig Curry leaves.

1 tsp Chilli pd.

1/2 tsp Jeera pd.

2 tsp Corinder pd.

2 tsp Meat Masala.

1 tsp Oil.

Salt and pepper to taste.

GARNISH.

Coriander leaves chopped.

METHOD.

Wash, clean and cut the chicken to medium sized pieces. Marinate chicken pieces with above ingredients.

Heat oil in a pan. Add the onions and sauté till they start turning yellow. Add the chopped ginger and garlic. Add the tomatoes, half of curry leaves and continue to sauté for a minute. Add coriander pd, chilly pd, jeera pd, meat masala and salt and mix it up well. Mix in the marinated chicken and cover it with a lid on a medium flame. Dont add water now. Water comes out of its own. Let it cook for 15 min. Later when its done, may add water for much more gravy and bring to boil.
At the time of removing from flame add crushed remaining curry leaves, pepper and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot with palappams.
Palappams are the soft Indian pancakes popular in kerala that is prepared with the combination of coconut and rice. Some add cooked rice to make the appams soft. It is done on the appachatti which looks like a shallow depth wok. There are instant mix available in the super market. Currently I use palappams mix for the quicker version and it does taste good.
Enjoy!!

25 comments:

Varsha Vipins said...

Any type of chicken dish is always welcome for me..:)..I loved the color of your curry..looks nice..:)..N I neva get so perfect Palappams..:(

Cham said...

Very different, like the way u marinated the chicken before making gravy! Yum :)

Andhra Flavors said...

curry looks yummy. you are so good in non veg.

Dershana said...

Nice curry!

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Saritha said...

Yummy, goes well with hot rice.

Jaishree Iyer said...

Palappam looks lovely..suma,I have something for u in my blog. Pls accept!

Finla said...

I too love chicken and these look so yumm.

Kitchen Chronicles said...

just yesterday i also made a chicken curry for my son. Luv your appams. My friends in college used to bring this type of appams. I luv it very much. Ours is a slightly different version of appams.

Chitra said...

not able to try.becoz iam a vegetarian..but i want to try eggpalnt cheddar..looks yummm:)Thanks for dropping by my blog and for ur comment..Plz be around:)

Chutneytales said...

Mouthwatering curry..I can't try this at home :(..I do eat chicken rarely without knowing to mom ..But I try the Palappam ..Nice recipes ,Suma :)

notyet100 said...

lovely combo,.:-)

FH said...

Looks yum with dosa, great combo. Enjoy! :)

Priya Suresh said...

Seems marinating places a best part of this curry na!! looks spicy n yummy!!!

vandana rajesh said...

Loved the color and loks of ur curry suma. Chicken is anytime welcome at my place will try this today itself...can't wait. I do make palappams at home grinding rice, coconut, cooked rice and adding yeast. It turns out well. Now that summers have started guess it is the right time to make as the batter ferments well. :)

Unknown said...

Oh..it just looks yummy..it looks spicy and flavorful!! i love it with rice,chappathi,appam,dosa,idli,bread..nethng!!

Indian Khana said...

Umm that yummy plate...just wonderful dish ...

vandana rajesh said...

Sumas tried ur chicken curry for lunch today, served it with rice and it was yummmm. Gr8 recipe we enjoyed every bit of it. My daughter and hubby the food critics also gave it an A+:)

Purva Desai said...

even I marinate the Chicken in similar way.....ur curry looks hot and sizzling

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Sum Raj said...

thanks everyone one..

Anonymous said...

Suma,as the name indictaes the chicken curry is spicy and rich..and lovely with dosai..

Sujatha said...

looks so spicy and delicious Suma! I am drooling..

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow hot and spicy.....Yum....

gtyuk said...

this one looks really hot and with aapppams, i'll finsih it all in minute!!

Dori said...

Oh, that looks great! Would love to taste that along with the palappams!