Jun 30, 2008

Chettinad Chicken Gravy

This recipe is adopted from Sukanya of Hot and sweet Bowl.
Amma uses Kalpasi or Black stone flower for Briyanis and for
other Non- veg gravies. Since it is not available here I asked
Amma to send Kalpasi and it surely made difference in
the gravy as Sukanya suggested.
Ingredients
For Marination
Chicken- 1 lb
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
To dry roast
Dry Red chillies - 10
Coriander seeds - 2 tblsp
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 2 tsp
Pepper - 2 tsp
Cashew - 10
split roasted Gram - 2 tblsp
Cinnamon - 4 "
Cloves - 4
cardomom - 4
star anise - 2
Mace - 2
Shredded coconut - 1/4 cup
For the Gravy
Bay leaf - 2
Black stone Flower - 2
Onion - 3
Tomato - 1
Ginger - Garlic paste - 2 tblsp
Red chilli - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves
curry leaves
Salt
Water - 1/4 cup
Oil - 2 tblsp
Method
  • Cut the chicken into small pieces and marinate with lemon juice , salt and Turmeric powder for atleast 2 hrs.
  • Dry roast all the ingredients and make it to an fine powder or paste.
  • Heat oil in a kadai add bay leaf , Black stone flower and ginger garlic paste.
  • Now add onions and fry for 2 min.Then add chicken and saute well.
  • Pour the grounded masala to the chicken and fry it for some time.
  • Now add tomato ,chilli powder , salt and water.
  • Let the chicken cook and bring it to the desired consistency.
  • Add curry and coriander leaves .

Serve hot with parathas , rotis and chappathis.

I am sending this to Vandana's Chicken event.

13 comments:

FH said...

Looks wonderful Kamala. I love traditional recipes!:)

There is RCI Chettinadu but just vegetarian dishes should be posted.

Cham said...

The color is perfect 4 chettinad chicken :) I love chettinad dishes and have my version too :) Yummy with parotha

Kalai said...

Perfect chettinadu chicken, Kamala! :)

Andhra Flavors said...

it looks creamy texture. tempting one.

Dori said...

It looks so good, I wish I could taste it :)

Illatharasi said...

Great entry, chicken looks simply superb....

I like all your recipes. I love the painting you did.... very cute:)

Unknown said...

The gravy is too good akka..Amma sent me kalpasi..Was wondering what to do with it..Thanks for the idea..

Andhra Flavors said...

awesome entry! You have something in my blog:)

Prema Sundar said...

I know how it tastes kamala. Looks perfect . I make it here sometimes with mealmaker, but the taste is great with chicken.

Laavanya said...

Could you perhaps put a picture of kalpasi? I don't think I've seen it before. I don't cook/eat non-veg but just curious :)

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Anonymous said...

This dish looks rich and delicious!!!

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