CHICKEN CURRY WITH COCONUT MILK

CHICKEN CURRY WITH COCONUT MILK: This has always been one of my favourite dishes with chicken. But my mother used to hardly make this. This curry has a thick and creamy consistency. Since it is yellowish to light brown colour, most people think that it is not hot and spicy. But I must say you are absolutely wrong. This curry gets its heat from the ginger and green chillies apart from pepper and red chilli powder.

 The combination of coconut milk and curry leaves lends an authentic kerala taste i,and aroma to the dish.  This goes perfectly well with appam, chapatti, Porotta, puttu, idiyappam, rice, etc....

Not making you wait longer, the recipe is being posted below...

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken – 250 gm

Red onion – 2

Fennel seeds  - ¼ tablespoon

Green chilli – 3

Ginger – ½ “ piece

Garlic  cloves –2

Curry leaves – 1-2 sprigs

Turmeric powder – a pinch

Chilli powder – 1 ½ teaspoon

Coriander powder – ½ tablespoon

Garam masala powder – 3/4 tablespoon

Pepper powder – ½ teaspoon (optional)

Thick Coconut milk – ½ glass

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 to 3 tablespoons

METHOD:

Clean and cut the chicken and vegetables. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel or pressure cooker and add fennel seeds. Once they turn brown add and sweat the onions. Add ginger, green chilli and garlic. Saute till the onion starts turning brown.

 Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder. Saute till the raw smell goes. Add chicken and salt and mix well. Close the lid of the cooker and cook on medium heat till one whistle. 

Switch off the stove. Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and add coconut milk and pepper powder. Once boiled switch off the stove. Serve after 5 to 10 minutes.

NB: If you are using a pan, cook on low heat with closed lid so that the water will ooze out and get the chicken cooked without burning. Once the chicken is cooked add the coconut milk and wait till it boils.

This curry would get spoiled fast as it contains coconut milk. So refrigerate the left over curry as soon as possible.