Chicken curry/kuzhambu – Village style

Chicken curry

Ingredients:

To marinate

Chicken	500 grams
Lemon	1
Turmeric powder	¼ tea spoon
Salt	A pinch
Chilli powder	¼ tea spoon
Garam masala powder	¼ tea spoon
Coriander powder	¼ tea spoon
Ginger-garlic paste	2  table spoon

For kuzhambu:

Coconut	1
Tomato	1
Small red onion/Shallots	10
Garam masala powder	1 tea spoon
Coriander powder	2 table spoon
Chilli powder	As required
Salt	As required
Black pepper powder	½ tea spoon
Curry leaves	Few
Coriander leaves	Few
Oil	2 table spoon
Mustard seed	¼ tea spoon

How to make kuzhambu:

• Marinate the chicken with ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, 1 table spoon of lime juice, chilli powder, masala powder, coriander powder and salt for an hour and pressure cook it till soft.
• Roast the coconut in 1 tea spoon oil till reddish brown and add the 5 shallots, chilli powder, coriander powder, black pepper powder, garam masala powder and few curry leaves.
• Allow it to cool and grind into fine powder. Now add required amount of water and grind into fine paste.
• Now temper the mustard seeds, coriander leaves and curry leaves in remaining oil, chop the remaining shallot and sauté them, also add the tomato.
• Mix the grinded paste with water and salt. Now add them with this and also add the cooked chicken with this.
• Allow to boil well. This is an excellent combination with rice, dosa, idli, idiyappam, puttu etc..

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