Chicken Coconut Milk Curry (Chicken Paal Curry)

Ingredients for Chicken Coconut Milk Curry (Chicken Paal Curry):

1. Chicken 1 kg

2. Lemon juice – From 1 lemon

    Salt – For taste

    Chilli powder – ½ small spoon

    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

3. Oil – 3 small spoons

4. Cardamom – 8

    Cinnamon – 3 pieces

    Cloves – 8

5. Onion – 2, chopped fine

    Ginger -1 piece

    Garlic – 8 cloves, chopped

    Green chillies – 10

    Curry leaves – As required

6. First and second extract of coconut milk – From 1 coconut

7. Coconut scrapped – ½

    Cashews – 50 gm, soaked

    Mint leaves, coriander leaves – As required

8. Tomato – 1, split into four

9. Ghee – 1 small spoon

How to prepare Chicken Coconut Milk Curry (Chicken Paal Curry)?

1. Clean chicken and cut into small pieces.

2. Mix ingredients no: 2 and marinate chicken pieces.

3. Heat oil in a pan and fry ingredients no: 4.

4. Add ingredients no: 5 and sauté the contents.

5. Add chicken and reduce the flame.

6. When water comes out from chicken and is almost absorbed, add second extract coconut milk.

7. When chicken is cooked well, add the thick coconut milk.

8. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 7 and add to chicken.

9. Mix the contents well.

10. Place tomato slices on top and pour ghee.

11. Put off the flame and serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, February 1-14, 2020

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