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Chicken Chettinad | Chettinad Chicken Curry

Course

main course, Main Dish

Cuisine

indian, tamil

Keyword

Marination, Slow Cook

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Servings

servings

Ingredients

750 grams chicken cut into medium size pieces
1/2 cup Curd Yogurt
2 tbsp Chettinad Spice Mix i have used one from Old Fashioned Gourmet
2 tbsp Desiccated Coconut
2 Finely chopped onions
1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
1 tsp Cumin seeds
4-5 curry leaves
2 Dry Red Chili
1-2 Chopped Green Chili
salt to taste
3-4 tbsp Oil adjustable

Course

main course, Main Dish

Cuisine

indian, tamil

Keyword

Marination, Slow Cook

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Servings

servings

Ingredients

750 grams chicken cut into medium size pieces
1/2 cup Curd Yogurt
2 tbsp Chettinad Spice Mix i have used one from Old Fashioned Gourmet
2 tbsp Desiccated Coconut
2 Finely chopped onions
1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
1 tsp Cumin seeds
4-5 curry leaves
2 Dry Red Chili
1-2 Chopped Green Chili
salt to taste
3-4 tbsp Oil adjustable

Instructions

Marinate chicken with yogurt, chettinad spice mix and salt for 30 mins in refrigerator.
Heat oil in a wok and add cumin, dry red chili, green chili and curry leaves and let them splutter. Now add desiccated coconut and dry roast for a minute until light brown or golden. (don’t let it burn)
Now add finely chopped onions and fry until they sweat. Add ginger garlic paste now and fry all till oil starts leaving sides and the raw smell goes off.
Take the marinated chicken and add them all into the masala and give a nice mix.
Let the chicken cook on medium to low flame until curd reduces and oil starts leaving sides.
Adjust salt as per taste. Add some water to make a thick curry and give a boil. Now simmer the flames and let the chicken cook with lid closed.
Once the chicken in cooked, turn off the gas and garnish with some fresh curry leaves for aroma.
Your Chettinad Chicken Curry is ready to serve with Roti, Parota or Rice.

Recipe Notes

If you don’t have curd to marinate, you can skip this step and add finely chopped tomatoes in the curry along with washed chicken pieces and chettinadu masala separately as seasoning.
The quantity of chettinadu masala is adjustable as per your liking. Usually the curry is spicy and hot, but you can adjust the flavors as per your choice.

If you want to make this easy and delicious Spicy Chicken Recipe then i would strongly recommend Old Fashioned Gourmet’s Chettinadu Masala. Do try this recipe for family and friends and share your feedback with me in comments below. Happy Cooking! Love : Shaheen