Recipe- Tasty And Easy To Make Chicken Kurma

Chicken Kurma is a tasty & flavourful curry made by cooking chicken in a coconut based saucy mix. Chicken Kurma is a great accompaniment for rice meal, chapati, roti, idli, dosa and uttapam.

Ingredients

300 gms chicken
1 big onion chopped roughly
1 medium sized tomato chopped roughly
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
coriander leaves to garnish

To Grind To a Paste

1/4 cup coconut heaped
1 no green chilli
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp poppy seeds
3 no cashews

To Temper

1 tbsp oil
1 no bayleaf
1/4 inch cinnamon
2 nos cloves
1 no cardamom
a sprig curry leaves
6 nos cloves

Method

- Add a tsp of oil and first roast green chilli then add along with ingredients listed under 'to grind' add little water and grind to a slightly smooth paste, Set aside.

- Clean chicken and rinse it well add turmeric powder and set aside.

- In a pressure cooker, heat oil add the items listed under 'to temper' let it splutter then add garlic, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste and saute well till raw smell leaves.

- Now add chicken and saute till color and texture changes. Add required salt.

- Make sure to saute atleast for 5-7mins.

- Add 2 cups water and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles in low medium flame. Once pressure releases open and make sure the chicken pieces are cooked to soft . Now add coconut paste.

- Let it boil, adjust salt at this stage. Let it boil for a good 10mins.

- Once oil separates and when chicken is nicely blended with the gravy, add coriander leaves and switch off.

- Serve Chicken Kurma hot with rice / chapathi.