Chettinadu Chicken Curry
Posted On 24-Nov-2007 at 7:22 PM by Seena
Ingredients and Method
chicken 1 kg
onion 4
tomato 4
red chilly powder 4 teaspoons
coriander powder 3 teaspoons
turmeric powder 1 teaspoons
garam masala powder 1 teaspoon
garlic cloves 7
ginger 1 inch piece
curry leaves few
coriander leaves chopped few
oil 4 tb spoon
salt
For grinding,
red chillies 2
fennel seeds 1 teaspoon
poppy seeds 2 teaspoons
bengal gram / pottukadala 1 table spoon
coconut grated 1 handful
oil 1 teaspoon
In oil fry red chillies, fennel seeds, poppy seeds, Bengal gram / pottu kadala and coconut to a golden brown color and then grind to a fine paste.
Grind garlic and ginger to a fine paste.
Heat oil. When the oil becomes hot add chopped onion and fry for a few minutes until it changes into a light brown colour.
Then add tomatoes which are finely chopped with ginger paste, garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilli powder and fry well until the tomatoes are changed into a fine paste and the oil floats on the surface.
Add the pieces of chicken ,ground paste and enough salt with 1 cup of water.
Cook on medium fire until the chicken is well cooked.
Garnish with coriander leaves and curry leaves.This is a very thick gravy.
I followed the Chettinaadu Chicken Curry recipe of Mrs. Mano Saminathan. Since the amount of chilli is high in the original recipe, I changed it to Kashmiri chilli powder, following Mrs.Mano's suggestions. Mrs. Mano Saminathan is an expert in cooking various dishes and has an experience of forty years in this field. She hails from the famous Thanjavur City of Tamil Nadu. Mrs. Mano , lives in Sharjah with her family, runs the South Indian restuarant "Saffire".
Wow Seena this curry looks amazing and you know me any talk of chicken curry and I am there! It looks delicious very tempting pictures. :) I wish I could go to Mrs. Mano Saminathan's Restaurant. :)
Hi Seena,
It really looks delish. There are so many different recipes for chicken chettinad but all taste great. Thanks for this recipe.
hey seena, thats a nice colour to the gravy...looks yum!
I´m drooling over ur curry. Looks marvellous.
Wow the chicken looks so delicious. Should try them once. And the sauce is to die for yummy yummy
Yesterday, we went to a Indian restaurant and ordered this dish,it was great.Thanks for the recipe Seena, I can make it at home now!:))
Dear seena..I have gone through somany recipies of Mrs.Mano , in the topic Tamilnadu delicacies..hope you too refer to the same...!!
Chicken in any cooked form is my fav...The gravy looks very thick and creamy.
Wow, glad u see ur comments on my blog Seena, after soo long. Hope u are doing good and take a good care of ur health...Ya, thats so true..becoz of these events, I got to know abt so many cuisines!
~ Siri
what a yummy gravyyyyy chicken looks delecioussss
wow..Seena u have so many chicken recipes..am making this chicken curry for tomo..love all ur recipes..will keep checking ur posts regularly