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, choppe
   Tomato chopped – 1, big
8. Salt – For taste
   Vinegar – 1 big spoon
9. Coconut grated – 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 the chicken and cut it into pieces.
2. Add water to the grated coconut and extract 1 cup each of the 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 the 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 the chicken with the lid closed.
9. When the chicken is well-cooked, add 2^nd extract of coconut milk and boil well.
10. Add 1^st extract of coconut milk, check the salt and take it off the flame.
11. Heat oil and sputter mustard seeds.
12. Sauté shallots, chillies and curry leaves, and add to the curry.
13. Mix the curry and serve it hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine March 15-31, 2018

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