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 grated – 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 the chicken and cut it 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 the water comes out from the chicken and is almost absorbed, add the second extract of coconut milk.
7. When the chicken is cooked well, add the thick coconut milk.
8. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 7 and add to the 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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