Kozhi Milagu curry / Pepper Chicken Curry
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • Chicken - 400gm
  • Cinnamon stick - ¼ inch piece
  • Onion - 1 cup, 1 finely chopped
  • Tomato - 1 cup, 1 finely chopped
  • Ginger garlic paste - 2tbsp
  • Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
  • Chili powder - 1 tbsp
  • Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  • Oil - 3 tbsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Curry leaves – 10 To Roast and grind:
  • Pepper - 1 tbsp
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Dry roast the ingredient under "to roast & grind" each one of it separately. i.e, Pepper separately and fennel seeds separately. Grind them together and keep it aside.
  2. In a pan, heat oil and add cinnamon stick and add onion and salt and sauté till golden brown. And then add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute.
  3. Now add tomato and fry till its mushy and raw smell leaves. Add the turmeric, red chili powder, coriander powder and sauté well.
  4. Now add chicken and stir well till the chicken is well blended with the spices.
  5. Now add water till immersing level say 1 cup along with salt and close the lid. It will take around ten minutes for it to cook well. Don’t add more water, it may make it rubbery. And Chicken will ooze some water already.
  6. Now add the powdered pepper fennel powder and saute for two minutes. Add curry leaves, taste and adjust salt and spice level. (Check spice level as you add it, your spice level may differ)
  7. Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
Notes
1. This is a spicy curry. If you want it dry, leave it for another 5-10 minutes to make it a roast.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/kozhi-milagu-curry-pepper-chicken-curry/