To serve 4 persons
Ingredients | Quantity |
Chicken | 1 kg |
Onion chopped | 3 nos (150g) |
Tomato | 3 nos medium sized (150g) |
Ginger Garlic Paste | 4 tbsp not heaped (60g) |
Fennel | ¼ tsp |
Cashew Nut crushed | ½ tbsp (4g) |
Oil | 2 tbsp (30ml) |
Melam Turmeric Powder | ½ tsp |
Curry Leaves | Few |
Grated Coconut | 100g (¾ cup) |
Melam Chettinadu Kozhi Kuzhambu Masala | 2½ - 3 tbsp |
Salt | To taste |
Water | 2 cups (300 ml) |
Coriander Leaves | Few |
Cooking method: • Roast the grated coconut in a thick bottom pan till it turns light golden colour
• Now add Melam Chettinadu Kozhi Kuzhambu Masala and sauté for a while
• Add crushed cashew and grind the contents to a fine paste
• Heat oil in a pan, add fennel, curry leaves, chopped onion and saute till brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste, masala paste and sauté till raw flavour disappears
• Add chopped tomatoes and saute till mashy
• Then add chicken, turmeric, salt and mix well.
• Add water and cook well
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.