Kerala Chicken Fry

Ingredients
Chicken-500gms
Onion-2, thinly sliced
Curry leaves-a few
Coconut oil-for frying

For Marination
Chilli powder-1 ½ tablespoons
Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon
Coriander seeds-1 tablespoon
Pepper seeds-1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
Cardamom-1
Cinnamon-1 small stick
Cloves-4
Star Anise-1
Curry leaves-a few
Ginger- 1 inch piece
Garlic-4
Poppy seeds- ¼ teaspoon
Lime Juice-2 tablespoons
Salt-to taste

Method
Cut chicken into small pieces. Clean thoroughly and keep aside. Grind all ingredients for marination to a smooth paste. Marinate the mixture in chicken pieces and refrigerate overnight. Heat coconut oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces.Keep required amount of oil in the same pan to saute onions.Saute sliced onions and curry leaves until onions turn golden brown. Add fried chicken pieces to it and mix well. Garnish with a few curry leaves and serve hot.

A simple vegetable kurma

Vegetable kurma goes well with chapatis or puris. I love this dish because of the aroma of the spices. There are many different versions of kurma and here I'm with a very simple and delicious recipe.

Ingredients

Potato-3, diced

Onion-1, sliced

Carrot-1, diced

Tomato-1, diced

Green mattar-1/4 cup

Thin coconut milk-1 cup

Thick coconut milk-1/2 cup

Coriander leaves-a few, chopped

Turmeric powder-1/2 teaspoon

Salt-to taste

To grind

Green chilli-2

Ginger-1/2 inch piece

Garlic-2

Cardamom-2

Cinnamon-1/2 inch piece

Coriander powder-1 tablespoon

Fennel seeds-1/2 teaspoon

Pepper corns-1/4 teaspoon

Method

Boil some water and cook all vegetables except tomato and mattar. Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ to a fine paste. Add turmeric powder, salt, tomato and mattar to the cooked vegetables and stir well. Now add the ground paste and let it boil. Add thin coconut milk and simmer the fire and allow the mixture to boil. Add thick coconut milk and mix well. Remove from the fire and garnish with coriander leaves. This is a very simple and easy dish which goes well with puri/chapati.

Notes:-You may add more veggies like cauliflower, French beans etc. Add water to adjust the consistency as required.