Chettinad Chicken Recipe – Chettinad Kozhi Masala – How to make Chettinad Chicken Masala – Kozhikari Masala – Chettinad Recipes – Easy Indian Recipes – Chicken Chettinad – Chettinadu Recipes – South Indian Chicken Recipes – Tamilnadu Style Spicy Chicken Masala Recipe Chettinad dishes are known for its unique flavors and usually calls for use of lot of traditional spices… but on the contrary this dish uses only a few ad still bring in that special chettinad touch. This spicy chicken preparation (a dry dish, more a like semi thick masala) is a recipe adapted from “The Chettinad Cookbook” by Mrs. Myeyammai Murugappan & Mrs. Visalakshi Ramaswamy. It has a very nice collection of Chettinad recipes with wide selection for both veg and non veg dishes. I venture out a few every now and then… especially when I need a break from my own cooking style.
Chettinad Mutton Kuzhambu
Chicken Chettinad Recipe – How to make Chettinad Chicken
Chettinad Mushroom Masala (காளான் கறி)
Chettinad Chicken Recipe - Chettinad Style Spicy Kozhi Masala
Ingredients
To cook
- 1 kg Chicken
- 3 cups Water
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
To grind
- 12 long Dry red chillies
- 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon Poppy seeds
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1/4 cup Water
To saute
- 20 each Shallots or use 1 cup regular chopped onions
- 8 cloves Garlic
- 1/2 cup Tomato
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon Fennel seeds
- 1.5 teaspoon Salt
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- 1 tablespoons Coriander leaves chopped, for garnish
- 4 each Curry leaves for garnish
Instructions
To cook
- Cook chicken with turmeric and salt with enough water for 10 minutes. Alternatively you may pressure cook for 1 whistle or use an instant pot to cook over HPM for 10 minutes.
- Reserve the stock and the chicken as well.
To grind
- Grind together dry red chillies, cumin seeds, poppy seeds, garlic and ginger along with water to make a fine paste. Keep this aside.
To Saute
- Heat up oil in a pan and temper with fennel seeds.
- Saute shallots along with garlic until it turns transparent. (5 minutes over medium flame)
- Add in ground masala and saute along with the onions for few minutes.
- Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
- Now add in cooked chicken along with its stock and simmer. At this stage add turmeric and salt. Saute till the oil separates from the masala.
- Cook until the masala thickens and clings to the chicken.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and remove from heat.
- Serve as a side dish for rice.
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To grind
To Saute
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