Ingredients
Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces
Onions – 2 chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp
Tomatoes – 2 chopped
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Water – 1 cup
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp chopped
For the Paste
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Dry red chillies – 6
Peppercorns – 1/2 tsp
Poppy seeds/ Khus khus- 2 tsp
Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Fennel seeds/ Perumjeerakam – 1 tsp
Cinnamon – 4 ” piece
Cloves – 4
Cardamom – 1
Method
Heat a little oil in a pan and roast the grated coconut till light brown. Add rest of the ingredients and roast till aroma comes out. Allow it to cool and grind to a paste. Heat oil in a pan and fry onions till golden brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add turmeric powder, tomatoes, curry leaves and salt. Fry till oil separates. Now add the ground masala, water and the chicken pieces. Mix well, cover and cook till done. Stir in between. When the gravy is thick, switch off the flame. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve delicious ‘Chicken Chettinad’ with rice, roti, idli, dosa or bread. Enjoy with your friends and family!
I made this once long ago and mine was delicous but a bit too dry , i like your recipe much more. Bookmarking this. Happy Newyear and hope you had a wonderful celebration for christmas and Newyear.
Your chicken curry sounds delicious and is making me hungry.
WOww delicious chicken chettinad, mouthwatering dish..
what a chicken chettinad curry..looks really authetic and best so far
Looks too good Lissie. Nice spicy and delicious gravy. My hubby love such gravies to have with parotta’s 🙂
wow..the gravy looks really delicious.
thanks for the yummy recipe.
prajusha
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Happy new year!
ohh.Adipoli….vayil kappal odikkam ippo…
Yummy yummm
WOW!! That chicken dish looks perfect Lissie, I must try. Spicy and tasty. Thanks for posting! :))
Happy 2010.
Adipoli chicken chettinad…I love chettinad cuisine for the spice factor…this looks terffic and mouthwatering.YUM!!
Hello Ma’am,
i tried tis too…no words to explain. Very tasty. My hus is flat. all the credit goes to u. Thank u so much. I have a request, can u put some good Soya chunk recipes, coz my hus is a non veg food lover,only chicken beef and egg. No sea food. But on Friday we take only veg. so i need some Soya chunk recps.
with luv
Namitha Nirmal Thomas
Hi Namitha,
Thanks a lot for trying ‘chicken chettinad’! So you made your hus flat! 🙂
In fact, I have no soya chunks recipes in my draft. And I am sorry to say that I am not keeping well these days. I will make soya chunks curry and post it once I am well. Please bear with me and do try my other recipes in the mean time.
with love,
Lissie
Ma’am,
GET WELL SOON….GOD BLESS
Love
Namitha
Hi Namitha,
I have posted ‘Soya Chunks Curry’. Hope you will like it… Please let me know about the outcome.
love,
Lissie
good recipe
You are doing a great job, Chettinad Chicken curry is one of my all time favourate