Kozhi Milagu pirattal / Pepper chicken semi dry curry
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • • Chicken - 400gms
  • • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • • Whole Red Chilli – 2, broken
  • • Curry leaves – 5
  • • Onion - 1 cup, 1 finely chopped
  • • Ginger garlic paste - 2tbsp
  • • Turmeric powder - 1 Tsp
  • • Chili powder – ½ Tsp
  • • Coriander powder – ½ tsp
  • • Salt – 2 tsp or as per your taste
  • • Curry leaves – 10
  • • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
  • • Water – 100 ml To Roast and grind:
  • • Curry Leaves - 6
  • • Pepper - 1 tbsp
  • • Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Dry roast the ingredient under "to roast & grind” in medium to low flame for 1.5 - 2 minutes. Cool them, grind them together and keep it aside.
  2. In a pan, heat oil in medium flame, when it is heated, add red chillies, curry leaves and when it’s roasted for 5 seconds, add onion and a bit of salt and sauté till golden brown.
  3. Now add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute.
  4. Add the chicken, turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder and sauté well for a minute
  5. Add the blended pepper powder with the remaining salt you need for the recipe and sauté well for a minute.
  6. Lower the flame from medium a bit but don’t low it too much, add water and close the lid. It will take around fifteen minutes for it to cook well. Don’t add more water, it may make it rubbery and chicken will ooze some water already.
  7. Open the lid now and you will see its semi gravy now. If you think you need it dry, just keep it open to get the chicken roasted.
  8. Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
Notes
Adjust spice level according to your taste. Reduce pepper if you cant take pepper.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/kozhi-milagu-pirattal-pepper-chicken-semi-dry-curry/