Kerala chicken curry recipe,chicken curry recipe with coconut milk

Kerala Chicken curry recipe with coconut milk

Kerala Style chicken curry with coconut milk

This is a recipe from Kerala we use coconut oil and coconut milk for this recipe its a mild curry goes great with white rice and rotis.

Ingredients :
Onion - 1/2 red onion julienned
Tomato - 1 red ripe
Green chillies - 4
Mint leaves - 5 leaves
cilantro - 1 tsp full of leaves
Ginger  - 1/4 inch garlic - 2 cloves

Chicken with bone - cut into small pieces - 1 pound.

Spices :
Cinnamon - 1
cloves -2
Cardamom -2
Fennel seeds -1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Hing or asafoetida -1 pinch

Masala powders :
Coriander powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1 tsp
chilli powder - 1tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste


Coconut milk - 1 cup of coconut mik - Use the same ground coconut to get two milks - The first milk (1/2 Cup) will be thick milk - the (1/2 cup) second milk is more diluted ( But adding more warm water you will get more diluted milk ) Tips on getting the best coconut milk - Add warm water with 1tsp of flennel seeds.

Serves - 4

Should be served with white rice rotis appam and dosa.

Prepare the ingredients for the curry like below .

Chicken Curry ingredients

Preparation : 

1. In a medium sauce pan - heat 3 tsp oils , Add mustard seeds along with red chillies green chillies and hing wait until the mustard seeds splutter

2.Now add the onions along with mint and cilantro, let them saute for a couple of minutes - add a pinch of salt 

3. Add the chopped ginger garlic along with tomatoes let the cook for about - 3 - 4 minutes before you 

add the masala powders to the dish

4. Add the chicken to the dish, make sure you saute the chicken and close the pan with a lid let them cook for about -8 minutes,add the second more diluted coconut milk to the dish.

Onions saute for the chicken curry along with spices 

Tomatoes are being added to the dish , the saute should be well sauté along with the masala powders once the masala is well cooked add the chicken to the dish make sure the chicken is well cooked.

Chicken curry is being cooked with the second milk ( more diluted milk)

Let them cook in the chicken for about 8 minutes in low flame.
Now add the first coconut milk to the chicken curry.

Adding the coconut milk turn off the flame and close the lid.

The curry is now ready to serve, with white rice and rotis dosas and appam.

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