Chettinad Chicken Curry

Hi Friends... i am back after one year with good news we are blessed with baby boy again and now he is 5 months..........so started my experiments again....... 

The word "Chettinad" means a social caste specializing in the preparation of food. Consequently, the Chettinads are considered master chefs, and Chettinad cuisine is one of the spiciest and the most aromatic in IndiaThe dishes are usually topped with a hard boiled egg. Some well-known local dishes are Chicken Chettinad (Spicy Chicken Curry), Vegetable Chettinad (a vegetable curry) and dishes featuring seafood. So here is a chicken curry recipe

Ingredients

To make Chettinad Masala

·     2 whole dry chillies

·     1 tsp coriander seeds

·      3 green cardamoms

·      1/2 tsp cumin seed

·      1 tsp Fennel seeds

·       3 cloves

·      2 tsp poppy seeds (optional I didn't use because we don't get poppy seeds at Qatar. Original recipe poppy seeds is there)

·      1/2 cinnamon stick

·      1/2 freshly grated coconut

Wet Paste

·    2 tablespoon Low-fat yogurt

·   1/2 tablespoon chilli powder

·    400 gms chicken 

·    salt to taste 

·    dry chettinad masala

To make paste

·   2 red onion

·  1/2 inch ginger piece

·   2 small Tomatoes

·   2 tsp water as required

Preparation

Clean chicken thoroughly and add salt, red chili powder and 2 tablespoons of yogurt keep it covered in refrigerator for 30 minutes. 

Dry roast all the ingredients for dry chettinad masala till all ingredients start to emit aroma. 

                                       Allow it to cool and grind to make powder masala.

 Keep it aside.

 Grind together all ingredients of wet masala paste and set aside. 

To cook masala for chicken, Heat  oil in a thick bottomed pan 

and add wet masala paste in it. 

Cook it on medium heat till masala starts sticking to bottom of pan. When masala is cooked,

 add marinated chicken pieces to it mix well. 

Cover and let it cook 5 minutes.

 Add dry chettinad masala powder and stir the content of pan so that chicken is coated well with masala.

 Finally add water and salt. Cover and cook chicken for 15-20 minutes. Keep stirring in between to prevent chicken from sticking to bottom. Have this curry with any type of roti.