Steps to Prepare Perfect Kerala style semi dry chicken curry Cooking Basics for Beginners

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, kerala style semi dry chicken curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kerala style semi dry chicken curry is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Kerala style semi dry chicken curry is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Chicken curry well flavored with spices. It goes well with pathiri, any sort of rice variants ( ghee rice, pulao, normal rice) and any Indian bread. It is an easy peasy recipe for Kerala Chicken Curry which suits for a weekday menu. Good one for bachelor's and newbies to cooking also.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have kerala style semi dry chicken curry using 25 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kerala style semi dry chicken curry:

1. Prepare 500 kg Chicken
2. Make ready 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
3. Get 4-5 red chillies
4. Make ready 5-6 cashews
5. Get 1/2-1 cup Coconut cubes
6. Get 2-3 tomatoes
7. Get 3 onions of medium sized
8. Get 1 bay leaf
9. Make ready 11/2 tsp Saunf /fennel seeds
10. Take 3 cinnamon sticks
11. Take 3/4 tsp cloves
12. Get 1/2-1 tsp peppercorns
13. Prepare 2 green chillies
14. Take 1 Small piece of ginger
15. Make ready 5-6 garlic
16. Get 1 strand Curry leaves
17. Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
18. Get 1 tsp chilli powder
19. Take 3 tsp coriander powder
20. Prepare as required Oil for frying
21. Take as per taste Salt
22. Get For marination of chicken
23. Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
24. Take 1/2 tsp chilli powder
25. Take as per taste Salt

Also called Nadan Thenga Pal Chicken You can rarely make it too dry and the more it absorbs the flavors of the spices and other ingredients in the curry, the better it tastes. Chicken Peralen/ Kozhi perattiyathu is a typical kerala style chicken dry curry with coconut oil, spices and curry leaves. The Malayalam word 'peralan' or 'purattiyathu' means 'coated 'or 'covered'. For this recipe, all chicken pieces are well coated and cooked with masala gravy without adding any extra.

Instructions to make Kerala style semi dry chicken curry:

1. In a pan take oil,when oil is hot add cashews,coconut cubes and half onion sliced. Fry them separately and remove them in a plate.
2. Then in the same pan add mustard seeds after it splutters, add red chilli and curry leaves. Then add bay leaf, 1 cinnamon, 2-3 cloves, 1/2tsp saunf and 2- 3 peppercorns. To this add left onions, crushed green chilli, ginger and garlic. After it has become soft add powders like turmeric,chilli, coriander.
3. Add tomatoes when powders are aromatic. Close lid and cook until tomatoes are tender. Add chicken pieces and coat with masala. The chicken added should be marinated with turmeric powder, salt,chilli powder. Also, add the chicken masala. To this add required water for cooking.
4. When chicken is cooked, add the dry ingredients mentioned in step 1. Check for salt. Add water according to your choice.Semi-dry is better. Serve this delicious kerala style chicken curry with appam, rice or roti.

The Malayalam word 'peralan' or 'purattiyathu' means 'coated 'or 'covered'. For this recipe, all chicken pieces are well coated and cooked with masala gravy without adding any extra. Dry roast the dry spices and cool them. Make a fine powder and add little water and make a Nadan kozhi curry made by simmering chicken in spices & coconut milk. Kerala Style Chicken Curry - Kothiyavunu Special.

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