Chicken curry/kozhi kulambu

Here i'm going to share my signature dish. This is my family favourite recipe.
Chicken curry/ kozhi kulambu

Ingredients:

1.     Chicken  - 1/2 kg (clean and cut into medium sized pieces)

2.     Small onion – 1 cup

3.     Tomato - 1

4.     Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

5.     Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

6.     Red chilli powder - 11/2 tsp

7.     Corriander powder - 4 tsp

8.     Cinnamon -1

9.     Cloves - 3 or 4

10. Cardmom - 2

11. Saunf - 1/4 tsp

12. Curry leaves - 1 sprig

13. Oil - 1 tbsp

14. Pepper - 1/2 tsp

15. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

16. Saunf - 1/2 tsp

17. Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Methods

1.     Marinate the chicken with tumeric powder and ginger garlic paste; keep aside.

2.     Grind the pepper, cumin seeds, saunf and grated coconut with water to a fine paste; keep aside.

3.     Heat oil in a kadai; add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, saunf and curry leaves .

4.     After it crackles, add the finely chopped onions. Saute till the colour changes after that add tomatoes, red chilli powder, corriander powder and salt

5.     Fry till the tomato melts. Add little water, if it sticks to the pan.

6.     Now add the marinated chicken; mix well and allow to cook till the chicken is half done. Now add the grounded paste with 1/2 cup water.

7.     Close the pan with a lid and cook in a low flame for 5 to 10 minutes till the chicken becomes soft and oil separates.

8.     Serve hot with steamed rice or appam.

Capsicum Chilli Chicken

This recipe is indo Chinese dish. It will taste as same as restaurant style chilli chicken . We can use any color capsicum in this recipe. I used green on so mine turn out to green (can add food coloring for exact color). Alternately we can dice and add capsicum with this too. fry it with onions.

Capsicum Chilli Chicken

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity	Note
Chicken	½ kg	Boneless
Capsicum	1	Grind Well
Onion	1	Chopped in half moon
Green Chilli	4	Chopped Finely
Chilli Chicken masala	2 tsp	I used aachi chilli chicken
Soya sauce	1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste	2 tsp
Salt	To taste
Water
Oil	For frying
Coriander leaves		Chopped finely

Methods

à Clean well chicken.

à marinate chicken with capsicum, soya sauce, ginger garlic paste for minimum half an hour.

à Heat oil in a pan add onions and deep fry well.

à Add green chilli and sauté well.

à Add marinated chicken to onion mix well

à Add Masala powder little water mix well

à Close and Cook till chicken tenders

à Open and allow water to reduce

à capsicum chilli chicken is ready to serve