Chicken Chukka/Kozhi Varuval
Chicken chukka is easy and yummy to make with the available ingredients in kitchen and goes well with rice or roti.
Ingredients
- Chicken – 1/2 kg
- Grated Coconut –1/2 cup
- Garlic – 20
- Dry red chilly –10
- Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
- Pepper corns –1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds –1/2 tsp
- Fennel seeds –1 tsp
- Onion(chopped) – 1
- Poppy seeds(kuskus) –1/2 tsp
- Cinnamon stick – 1’ inch piece
- Cloves –2
- Fenugreek seeds – 1 pinch
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves
- Salt
- Ghee – 3tbsp
- Oil – 2 tsp
Preparation
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan.Roast coriander seeds,dry red chilly,pepper,garlic(15),poppy seeds,cinnamon stick,cloves,fennel seeds, 1/4 tsp cumin seeds,1/4 tsp chopped onion and turmeric powder for 2-3 minutes on low flame.Grind it into a paste.
- Heat ghee in a pan.Add cinnamon stick,chopped onion and let it saute.
- In the mean time,Heat oil in another pan .Add grated coconut,cumin seeds,5 garlic to ti and roast it.Grind it to a fine paste.
- Once onion turns light brown,add chicken,3/4th of the spice paste and salt to it.Mix well. Cover and cook without adding water.
- Once chicken is well cooked,add the coconut paste and remaining spice paste to it.Add curry leaves to it.Stir well.
- Roast till all water is evaporated and chicken is dry.
- Serve with rice or roti.
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