Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chettinad pepper chicken curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Indian food is not all about murgh makhani and chicken tikka masala, this recipe is very different and one of my favourite dishes to cook and eat. It comes from the south east tip of India and it is a chicken curry named after a region called Chettinad. Use of freshly ground spices along with coconut and curry leaves make this cuisine stand apart.
Chettinad pepper chicken curry is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chettinad pepper chicken curry is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chettinad pepper chicken curry using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chettinad pepper chicken curry:
- Take 1/2 kg Chicken (Boned and cleaned)
- Get 2 tbsp Oil
- Take 3 Cloves
- Get 2 Cinnamon stick broken
- Take 2 Cardamom
- Take 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- Make ready 1 Spring Curry leaves
- Get 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- Take 1 Large Onion chopped
- Get 2 Green chillies
- Take 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- Take 2 Big Tomatoes finely chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp Crushed Pepper
- Take 2 tsp Coriander powder
- Make ready As needed Salt
- Take 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- Prepare leaves To garnish Coriander
- Make ready 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp Cumin powder
Cover and cook till the Chettinad Dry Pepper Chicken is fully cooked and all water is evaporated. Once done, check the salt and spices and adjust accordingly. Yesterday, I made Chettinad Pepper Chicken Masala - a quick, spicy & aromatic chicken curry for dinner & it was a hit. The gravy was very peppery and flavorful.
Instructions to make Chettinad pepper chicken curry:
- Heat oil in wide pan. Add mustard seeds, cumin, cardamom, clove and cinnamon. - - Once mustard crackled completely add chopped onion, bit salt and saute it.
- Now add turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, green chilli. Saute this for couple of minutes. - - Add finely chopped tomatoes, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and mix it. Close with lid and cook it for 5 minutes in medium flame.
- Now add chicken to the pan and mix well. Cover with lid and cook in medium heat until chicken done completely. - - I use only country chicken so it takes bit more time to cook and it won't oozes extra water. So, I added 1/2 cup of water to cook the chicken.
- If you use store bought chicken it oozes more water by itself so you don't want to add any extra water to the chicken to cook. - - When the chicken is almost done, add crushed pepper and saute it. Open the lid and cook for another 5 minutes in medium flame. - - Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti. #mycookbook
I just loved the color of the masala. It made a fabulous combination with parottas. Chettinad chicken curry is a very popular recipe from the southern part of India and it very well deserves all the love & care it gets for its unique deliciousness. Chettinad chicken curry is very different from the classic chicken curry and once you try this South-Indian delicacy, you will simply fall in love with it. Chettinad pepper chicken masala: a spicy and delicious chicken recipe from Chettinad in South India.
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