Recipe: Perfect Malabar Chicken Curry

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Malabar Chicken Curry. Malabar Chicken Curry is a Kerala Style Chicken curry which is creamy, delicious and goes well with roti, appam, ghee rice, Kerala parotta, pathiri or coconut rice. Here is how to make it. As usual, this weekend was all about trying out new recipes and after going through my list of recipes to try, I decided to make Malabar chicken Curry.

Malabar Chicken Curry It's very similar to a basic chicken curry. As I said, the most exciting part of this chicken curry is its sauce. This is one such recipe from the Northern Malabar region of the state aptly named Malabar Chicken Curry flavored with pearl onions, fennel and coriander and made creamy with a slightly smoky flavor with roasted coconut paste. You can cook Malabar Chicken Curry using 27 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Malabar Chicken Curry

  1. Prepare of For coconut Paste:.
  2. It's 1 tbsp of coconut oil.
  3. It's 2 of small onions, finely chopped.
  4. You need 3 of cloves.
  5. You need 1 of cinnamon stick.
  6. You need 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
  7. You need 4 of cardamom pods.
  8. It's 1/2 cup of grated coconut.
  9. It's of Water as required.
  10. It's of Malabar chicken curry.
  11. You need 2 tbsp of coconut oil.
  12. It's 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds.
  13. Prepare 3 of medium onions, chopped.
  14. You need 1 sprig of curry leaves.
  15. Prepare 2 of green chilies.
  16. You need 1 tbsp of grated or minced garlic.
  17. Prepare 1 tbsp of grated or minced ginger.
  18. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
  19. You need 2 tbsp of coriander powder.
  20. You need 2 tsp of red chilli powder.
  21. You need 1 tsp of garam masala.
  22. It's 2 of tomatoes, chopped.
  23. Prepare 1 kg of chicken breast,cut into medium-sized pieces.
  24. You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper powder.
  25. You need As needed of Water.
  26. It's to taste of Salt.
  27. You need As needed of Coriander leaves, to garnish.

Malabar chicken curry is a popular dish from Malabar region of Kerala. It is an authentic dish of Kerala prepared with aromatic spices, coconut milk and coconut oil. Malabar cuisine has a distinct taste and flavor as they use plenty of fresh spices, coconut milk, ghee and dry fruits. Malabar Varutharacha chicken curry is the most traditional way of chicken curry prepared in kozhikode area.

Malabar Chicken Curry instructions

  1. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat.Add onions, and sauté until golden..
  2. Add cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds and cardamom. Stir fry for a minute..
  3. Add coconut. Saute and keep stirring, for 4-5 minutes. Leave it to cool..
  4. Place the cooled mixture in a food processor. Add a little water, and grind to a smooth paste. Set aside..
  5. For making curry- Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Splutter mustard seeds..
  6. Add onions, curry leaves and green chilies. Saute, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes or until the onions are golden brown..
  7. Add ginger and garlic. Saute again until aromat..
  8. Stir in turmeric, coriander, garam masala and red chilli powder..
  9. Saute for a minute. Add tomatoes and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until they are mushy..
  10. Stir in the ground paste. Stir-fry for few seconds..
  11. Add in the chicken pieces and see that they get well coated in the masala..
  12. Season with salt and black pepper. Add ¼ cup water. Cook, covered, for 10-12 minutes..
  13. Remove from heat. Garnish with Coriander leaves..

The gravy has made freshly roasted coconut and some flavorful spices. So fragrant and so tasty dish. This Varutharacha chicken curry is a Malabari delicacy. It goes well with pathiri, kerala porotta, any sort of rice variants , chapathi. A vivacious south Indian favorite with tropical flair, that seamlessly marries robust earthy flavors, heat and acidity with the rich cooling effect of coconut.