Pollachi Chicken kulambu
Spicy chicken curry in the Tamilnadu pollachi style.
Servings: 3 People
Calories: 374kcal
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Ingredients
To saute and grind
- 2 Inch Cinnamon
- 4 Nos Cloves
- 1 Tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 Tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 Tsp peppercorns
- 3 No Red chillies
- 5-6 cloves garlic
- 1 Inch Ginger
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 1 Cup Shallots
- 3 tbsp coriander powder
For masala
- 3 large tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 1/2 kg chicken
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 1 no green chilli
Instructions
- Heat oil, put in cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, peppercorns, cumin seeds and heat it up until it lets out aroma
- Put in shallots, ginger garlic, red chilli and curry leaves and fry until it turns brown.
- To this add coriander powder. Saute until raw smell of coriander powder goes off.
- cool and Grind the above mixture to a fine paste and keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a cooker, put in finely chopped tomatoes. Roast them until its mushy
- Put in chicken pieces and fry them with turmeric powder, green chilli and curry leaves.
- Once chicken starts to leave out water, add in ground masala, fry them well until raw smell goes off.
- Add salt and little water.close and cook for 5-6 whistles.
- Take out and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.