21 April 2013

COONDAPUR CHICKEN


This recipe is very famous in a coastal town in  Karnataka. This Chicken Curry is one of the versatile coastal curies, which goes very well with almost anything, neer dosa, appam, chapati and rice.

Ingredients
2 kg chicken
200 gm dry chilli
2 tbsp coriander seed
1/2 tsp fenugreek seed
1 tbsp cumin
1/2 cup grated coconut
2 onions sliced
1 -2 tomato sliced
10-12 cloves garlic finely chopped
2 inch ginger finely chopped
salt
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp chicken masala
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp coriander leaves

Method
Lightly roast dry chilli, coriander, cumin, fenugreek in 1 tsp oil  . Grind all these with coconut to a fine paste with little water.
Heat a pan. Add oil , after it becomes hot put gingerand garlic. Saute it till brown .
Add onions, tomato, chilli, turmeric. Cover with lid and let it cook.
Add chicken pieces , salt and pinch of red food colour . Cover again with lid.
After chicken is half done add ground masala , 1/2 cup water, chicken masala , lemon juice .
After about 5 mins , you can garnish with coriander leaves.