Varutharacha Kozhi Curry

Ingredients for Varutharacha Kozhi Curry:

1. Chicken – 1 kg

2. Coconut – 1, big

3. Oil – As required

4. Onions – 2 big, sliced

5. Ginger-garlic paste – 1 big spoon

6. Coriander powder – 2 big spoons

    Chilli powder – 1 big spoon

    Turmeric powder – 1 small spoon

    Garam masala powder – 1 small spoon

7. Green chillies – 4, chopped

    Tomato chopped – 1, big

8. Salt – For taste

    Vinegar – 1 big spoon

9. Coconut scrapped – ½ cup

    Red chillies – 2

    Shallots – 4, chopped

10. Fennel seeds – ½ small spoon

     Coriander powder – 1 small spoon

     Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

11. Mustard – 1 small spoon

12. Shallots chopped – 4 small spoons

     Red chillies – 2, cut into pieces

     Curry leaves – 2 stalks

How to prepare Varutharacha Kozhi Curry?

1. Clean chicken and cut into pieces.

2. Add water to scrapped coconut and extract 1 cup each 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd coconut milk.

3. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and sauté onions.

4. When it turns translucent, add ginger-garlic paste and sauté again.

5. When raw smell goes, add ingredients no: 6 and sauté again.

6. When the raw smell changes, sauté green chillies and tomatoes too.

7. Add chicken pieces, salt, vinegar and 3^rd coconut milk.

8. Mix the contents well and cook chicken with lid closed.

9. When chicken is well cooked, add 2^nd extract coconut milk and boil well.

10. Add 1^st extract coconut milk, check salt and take off from flame.

11. Heat oil and sputter mustard seeds.

12. Saute shallots, chillies and curry leaves, and add to curry.

13. Mix the curry and serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine March 15-31, 2018

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