
This home raised/Nadan chicken curry is one of the traditional mouth watering recipes from my “ammas” collections.Its very simple and a healthy recipe.its a curry made from fresh home made ingredients like home raised chicken,fresh home made coconut oil,fresh curry leaves and fresh spices.

In Kerala most of the villagers raise chicken,cattle and ducks as well.So home raised chicken is easily available and not very expensive.this chickens are really healthy when comparing to the broiler chicken. its flesh is firm and it need more cooking time.

This curry is spicy and goes great with mashed tapioca, jack fruit puzuk, Kerala paratha and rice.So here is the simple recipe of Kerala style Nadan chicken curry with out coconut……….

Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
serving
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- 1 kg chicken home raised / organic
- 250 g shallot
- 1 teaspoon ginger crushed
- 1 teaspoon garlic crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- 2 inchs cinnamon stick piece
- 3 - 5 nos cloves
- salt
- 3 sprig curry leaves
- coconut oil
- water
Ingredients
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- clean chicken, remove skin(if you want you can keep the skin,i never like chicken with skin)and cut in to medium size pieces.wash under running water and keep aside
- heat a pan add all powders and dry roast in a low flame until you get a pleasant aroma,do not let it burn.
- add this to the cleaned chicken along with salt.mix well and cover with a tight lid.then keep in a refrigerator 30 minutes .
- mean time clean and chop shallots.
- transfer the marinated chicken in to pressure cooker,add 3/4 of the chopped shallot,1 sprig curry leaf,cinnamon stick,cloves and 1/2 cup water,mix well ,cover with lid and cook in a medium flame for 2 whistles.
- heat a large wok add coconut oil then add two sprig curry leaf,fry well then add chopped shallot saute until shallot become light brown.
- then add crushed ginger and garlic ,saute until raw smell goes,then add cooked chicken along with gravy.
- toss in a high flame until the gravy become thick and oil separates.
- serve hot with mashed tapioca or Kerala paratha.
you can cook chicken in an earthen pot(man chatty).taste will be more.but it take more cooking time and you have to add more water.
the cooking time absolutely depends on the age of chicken.tender chicken needs less cooking time.
add spices as per your taste level.
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