Chicken curry Kerala style / kozhi varutharacha curry
Posted On 20-Jan-2007 at 8:56 PM by Seena
Ingredients and method
Chicken - 1 kg
Onions - 3 nos(chopped)
Tomato - 2 nos(chopped)
Garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Ginger paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 Tbsp
Garam masala - 2 tsp
Coconut grated - 3/4 cup
Small onions(Kunjulli) - 2 - 3 nos
Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) - 1 pinch
Curry leaves - A few
Coconut oil
Potatoes - 2 medium size
Green chillies - 2 nos or as reqd
Salt - As reqd.
1)Heat 1 tsp of coconut oil in a pan.
2)Fry coconut with small onions,few curry leaves and fennel seeds.
3)When it turns brown, add turmeric powder, chilly powder and coriander powder and fry for few seconds.
4)Remove from fire.
5)When this cools, blend it using little water.
6)Cut and clean chicken.
6)Cut and clean chicken.
7)Peel the potatoes and cut into squares.
8)Mix chicken, potato, chopped onions, tomatoes, garam masala, ginger-garlic paste and salt with the above mixture of fried coconut and powders.
9)Cook till done, by adding enough water.
10)Remove from fire when oil separates and check if the potatoes and chicken are well cooked.
11)Slit green chillies and add this into the curry.
12)Heat little coconut oil in a pan.
13)Chop 3 small onions and add this into the oil.
14)Add curry leaves and fry till the small onions turns brown.
15)Pour this into the curry.
Actually, this curry will have a dark brown color. Here the difference in colors is because of the difference of the coriander powder used for cooking. The first two pictures of the curry is cooked with home made coriander powder and the last one is with ready made powder.
Bloggers who tried out this dish.
Jeena
Sona
Actually, this curry will have a dark brown color. Here the difference in colors is because of the difference of the coriander powder used for cooking. The first two pictures of the curry is cooked with home made coriander powder and the last one is with ready made powder.
Bloggers who tried out this dish.
Jeena
Sona
Sounds great Seena and look delicious too.I will try,usually Sundays I cook something non-veg like these.Thanks.
thanks Asha,
this curry is prepared in the olden days, when there are many members in the house holds! a long running curry but thick by adding coconut and potato to make sure to get everyone at home!
Hi Seena I think this recipe is wonderful. I made it tonight for my hubby and we enjoyed it a treat! Check out my blog to see how it went. Jeena :)
miam...délicieux!
hi seena,
tried this curry for iftaar today with ghee rice and vellappam (ur recipe again)
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm it was so flavourful and delicious. never thought varutharacha curry is so easy to make.
thanks a lot for the wonderful recipe:)
eid mubarak in advance to u and ur family
luv
sam
Thanks Jeena and Sam for trying out my recipes..
Sam, Eid mubarak to you, and your family too..
Hi, seena..
After all my search for this recipe is over. Its my husbands favourite dish.I am happy that now i can prepare it myself. Thanks a lot. I will let you know ones ai make it....
I am just learing to cook all these stuff. I have a doubt, a silly one though.. He always says it will be dark brown coloured, but it doesn't appears so, here.. any specific reason? You know he is a perfectionist!!!
Hi Nimi,
Thanks for visiting here..
Nothing wrong in your doubt, actually this, and most of the varutharacha curries will have a dark brown color. At home we have home made coriander powder and here I use the ready made one. I think it is the reason for the color change. And you have to roast the coconut till brown,(frying more will burn it) and in the last stage, add coriander powder and roast for few seconds..However, no change in taste because of this, I think. Hope I could clear your doubt, my wishes to you to be a good cook, hope to see you back..
Hi Seena,
Thank you so much for the reply... Actually i prepared it day before yesterday and you will be happy to know that he liked it very much, that is a great delight for me. Special thanks for you!!! i prepared chicken fry as well, yesterday... and it was amazing.Apart from the ingredients you mentioned i added little lemon juice and made a paste of them and applied. His appreciation was overwhelming!!!
I have another doubt..in chicken curry, though it came out very well, i guess the pieces were little bland as if it didn't absorb the masala properly.. i did as you said .. but i didn't mix all the things & cook at once but fried all the vegies in lil oil slightly and then added chicken and masala paste.. is it the reason?
I am just learning to cook and most of the time it becomes a great disaster..... anyways , from now on i can get simple recipes from you... looking forward to make more recipes and become a good cook.
Once again thank you very much,
regards.
Nimi,thanks dear,great to know that your hubby loved it..
You have to cook chicken, veggies and masala paste together. Otherwise masalas can't coat chicken pieces properly.And better you do it on a low flame.So next time you try to make it in this way.
Adding lemon juice is too good, that can increase taste, instead you can use vinegar too. It will make the meat tender.
Again thanks, keep visiting, am sure you can be a good cook soon! ( one more thing, I have a cousin in your name...:))
hai seena,
im jamshi from dubai i dont know much cooking recipes and i want to be a good cook.i think ur recipes r helpful to me. thanks for that bye
Salam Jamshi,
Welcome!
Start from the simple recipes you like, definitely you would be a great cook! :)
Good luck, thanks for visiting , enjoy cooking!
Yours is the best food blog that I have come across so far. I also like deepann.blogspot. I tried this recipe and it came out well.
Thank you so much Rajeev,
Glad to know you liked my site ..Enjoy visiting here! :)
Seena - I a going to try this recipe for a party tomorrow. It looks simple enough and sounds quite tasty. My wife may be in for a surprise when i cook this dish up.... :)
Binoy, thanks for visiting..
This is very "naadan" curry, I hope you all will love it!
Hello Seena. I am a fan of Indian food but i could never get Chicken curry right. I tried your recipe and it was delicious :) As you mentioned it was yellowish, although I added tom paste. How can I make it reddish? I don't want to cut down on coriander powder.
Also, I blended the coconut for a while but still I could feel it crunchy in the paste after it is cooked. What did I do wrong? I used sweetened coconut (I couldn't find unsweetened in my grocery store) and soaked in in water so its not sweet anymore.
Thanks Aisha, for the fb.
You don't need to cut down coriander powder.If you make it reddish, try kashmiri chilli powder or paprika powder in that. It will help.
For coconut I use fresh coconut or dried coconut powder( kopra powder). Dried coconut powder is good for roasting and gets brown color easily. So try to get it.I have never seen a sweetened version of coconut. You can try other chicken curry with coconut milk from this blog. You may like it.. :) Let me know if you have any more doubts..
hi Seena,
This recipe seems very easy and tasty am going to try it out today itself.will let u know how it turns out.
dipthi
hi seena,
this chicken curry is just superb.my grandmother used to make a kind of curry.but i didn't know that recipe and i've never had that curry ever.but when i made this one,i knew that this is it.thank u sooooo much and keep posting.goodluck.
Hi Dipthi,
It seems I missed your mssg, sorry, Hope to see you again.. :)
Laxmi,
Your message was a real surprise in the morning!
My mom, grand mom all cooked this varutharacha curry in the same way, I just followed it!
I think there was a little difference in the powders added, since the new generation uses less masala powders than the previous ones..
thank you, and come back Laxmi.. :)
aslm alkm.
this curry is really tasty.i sauteed onions,ginger garlic,tomato,masala slightly befor mixing it with the chkn.is it ok if i mix the chicken with all of these without sauteeing
Alaikkum Assalam Roz,
You don't need to do sautéing in this, this is the naadan method , so mix and cook and all the ingredients together and do seasoning with shallots and curry leaves in the end..
ok try that too and let me know.. :)