How to make Kerala chicken curry in 30 minutes

Craving for a delicious chicken curry? Then try out this tasty Kerala chicken curry recipe.

Kerala Chicken Curry

Ingredients

Chicken                     – 1 Kg

Small onion              –  200gm

Green Chilli             – 10

Ginger                        – 1 piece

Onion                   – ½ cup

Garlic -1 bulb

Turmeric powder     – ½ TSP

Coriander powder -3 TBSP

Pepper powder      –  ½  TSP

Cardamom               – 3

Cinnamon                – 2 pieces

Sweet fennel          – 1 TBS

Clove                        – 4

Curry leaves            – 2 stems

Potato                       – 2

Coconut milk           – ½ cup

Coconut oil-1 tablespoon

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Method

Cut the chicken into small pieces.

Dry roast coriander powder, Chilli, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, sweet fennel and cloves in a pan on low flame and grind to a fine paste.  

Put an earthen pot or cast iron vessel and add coconut oil and sauté shallots (small onion)  after they turn translucent add green Chilli, ginger; crushed than chopped.  Add turmeric powder and salt as required and sauté. Add the dry roasted paste and sauté. Add the chicken piece and mix them well and reduce the flame to minimum and wait for the water to come out of the chicken.

Check if the water is enough to cook the chicken or else add  ½ cup boil water and cover and cook for 15 minutes.  After 7, 8 minutes, cut potato into small pieces and add to the boiling chicken curry cook covered. After a while opens and check if the gravy turns thick. Here add coconut milk and stir well. Do not allow to boil. Transfer the curry to a serving bowl and add fresh coconut oil and curry leaves and cover the bowl with lid. Serve hot with plain rice, chappati or paalappam.

Once the curry is served in a dish, you can add curry leaves, mustard and dry red chilly fried over the curry, which looks and smells good.