Malabar chicken curry or varutharacha chicken curry

Ingredients

• Chicken – 1/2 kg cut into medium size pieces
• Onion (Chopped) – 2
• Garlic (chopped) -1 1/2 teaspoon
• Ginger (chopped) -1 ½ teaspoon
• Green Chilly (Slit) – 3
• Tomato (chopped) -1
• Red Chilly Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Coriander Powder- 2 teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder- 1/4 teaspoon
• Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
• Fennelseeds – 1/2 teaspoon
• Cardamom – 1
• Cloves – 3
• Cinnamon – 2 small piece
• Shallots – 5
• Coconut Oil/ Vegetable oil -1 tablespoons
• Salt -to taste
• Curry leaves – 2 twigs

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Preparation

• Heat a frying pan and dry roast the grated coconut,shallots and all the spices(fennel seeds,cloves,cinnamon and cardamom) on low-medium heat till coconut becomes brown in color.
• Remove from fire,allow to cool and grind the mix with little water to a fine paste. Heat a non-stick sauce pan and add oil .
• Saute chopped onions,green chillies and saute well. Add the ginger and garlic in to it and saute until raw smell goes off.
• Add turmeric powder,coriander powder,red chilli powder and saute well. Once the raw smell goes,add the chopped tomato.
• Cover and cook on medium flame until the tomato is well cooked. Add chicken pieces and 1/2 cup water,stir well.
• Cover and cook till chicken is almost cooked. Finally add coconut paste and curry leaves and let it boil for 2-3 minutes.