Chicken Curry-Trichy Special

Ingredients

Chicken 500gms

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Green Chilli 3

Garlic 4

Ginger Chopped 1 Tbsp

Coconut Grated 3 Tbsp

Turmeric Powder ½ Tsp

Chilli Powder 1 Tbsp

Garam Masala 1 Tsp

Lemon 1

Poppy Seeds ½ Tsp

Fennel Seeds 1 Tsp

Pepper Corns 1 Tsp

Red Chilli 2

Cinnamon 1

Cardamom 2

Salt and oil as required

Preparations

1.      Clean the chicken pieces and marinate it with chilli powder, turmeric powder,garam masala, salt and lemon juice

2.      In a pan dry roast fennel seeds, poppy seeds, pepper corns and red chilli

3.      In a separate pan add oil, onions, garlic, ginger, green chilli and tomato and sauté it well

4.      In a blender, add grated coconut, roasted spices and sauted mixture .grind it to a fine paste

5.      In a pan add oil, cinnamon, cardamom, ground paste and sauté it.

6.      Add the marinated chicken to it and sauté till it oozes out its water

7.      Add required salt and water

8.      Cook till the chicken is done

9.      Garnish it. goes well with plain rice, idly, briyani and so on