cod fish recipes: Malabar Chicken Curry And an Award!!!

Another super recipe from my mom - The Malabar Chicken Curry. She prepares this whenever we have some special guests and serves it always with her special Ghee Rice. Yummy!!This is my favorite chicken recipe as well. The one that I always want to prepare when I buy chicken. Whenever we go home, my hubby ask my mom to prepare it for him. He likes that extra taste of the chicken when it is prepared out of the 'Kal Chatti' (Stone cooking pot). These days, he says the chicken is becoming tasty like when my mom prepares it. :-) So hope you will also love it...Give it a try...

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 kg
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tbsp
chilly powder - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Lime Juice - 1tbsp
Onion - 2,medium
Green chillies - 3
Tomato - 1 big
Ginger(chopped) - 1tbsp
Garlic(chopped) - 1tbsp
Curry leaves - a handful

For the masala

Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
Grated coconut - 3/4 cup
Garlic - 2 pods
Whole garam masala(cardmom,cloves,cinnamon pieces) - 2 each
Whole pepper corns - 10 to 15
Coriander Powder - 2tbsp
Curry leaves - few

Method:

Marinate the chicken with turmeric,chilly powder,salt and lime juice.Keep it refrigerated overnight or at least 1hr if you don't have time.
In a pan heat coconut oil and add grated coconut,pepper corns,whole garam masala,chopped garlic and curry leaves.Saute well till the coconut become dark brown colour.Add coriander powder to this.Mix well.allow it to cool.After that make it to a smooth paste.Keep it aside.
In a big pan heat oil and saute ginger,garlic and greenchillies .Add the sliced onion and saute well for 2 minutes .Add sliced tomato and mix well.To this add the marinated chicken , cover it and cook them till the chicken is half done.(don't add water).Add the masala paste and boil them for 10 minutes or till the chicken is done.
Garnish with Curry leaves.Serve hot .It goes well with Chappathi,appam or even with the plain rice.The best combination is 'Neychoru' or Ghee rice'-The recipe is coming soon!!! :-)

My friend Babli of Khana Masala have passed this 'A Fabulous Award' to me.Thanks alot dear for your encouragement and this wonderful gift.I am feeling very happy to receive this .Thank u so much for thinking of me and passing it on.