INDREDIENTS:
- Chicken – 1 lb
- Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
- Onion, big – 2, thinly sliced
- Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Red chilly powder – 1/4 tsp
- Black pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
- Tomato, medium sized – 1, chopped
- Cinnamon stick – 1"
- Cloves – 2 nos
- Fennel powder – 1/4 tsp
- Lemon juice - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Chopped coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
METHOD:
- Clean well and chop chicken to small bit pieces. wash it well again.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
- Splutter mustard seeds in it and add sliced onion , cinnamon sticks,cloves, fennel powder and sauté well until onion become golden color .
- Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute.
- Now add turmeric powder , red chilly powder, black pepper powder, salt and stir well.
- Make sure there is enough oil, so that nothing sticks.
- Now add chopped tomatoes. and sauté until it is cooked.
- Add chicken pieces in the pan.
- Cover and simmer until the chicken is tender.
- If you want, sprinkle garam masala powder and freshly ground pepper powder .
- Make sure that chicken pieces cooked well , then remove it from flame.
- Add a tsp of lemon juice and mix well.
- Check for salt .
- Transfer your delicious thick Spicy Chicken Masala Curry to a serving bowl.
- Garnish curry with chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with rice, appam, chappathi , dosa, idiappam, puttu or Kappa puzhukku
- If you don’t have cloves, cinnamon, and fennel powder, you can use 1/2 tsp of Garam masala ansd 1/2 tsp of Meat masala.
- This is thick Spicy Chicken Masala Curry . You can adjust the consistency of this curry by adding warm water.
