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Coorg Chicken Curry

This recipe is for Coorg chicken curry from South India. It contains chicken pieces seasoned with red chili powder, turmeric, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, poppy seeds, garlic, ginger and green chilies. The chicken is cooked in a sauce made by grinding together coconut, onions, tomatoes and homemade masala spices. Tamarind extract is added to the curry during the last few minutes of cooking to thicken the sauce and add tanginess.

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Coorg Chicken Curry

This recipe is for Coorg chicken curry from South India. It contains chicken pieces seasoned with red chili powder, turmeric, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, poppy seeds, garlic, ginger and green chilies. The chicken is cooked in a sauce made by grinding together coconut, onions, tomatoes and homemade masala spices. Tamarind extract is added to the curry during the last few minutes of cooking to thicken the sauce and add tanginess.

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Coorg chicken curry

Ingredients:
1/2 lb chicken pieces
1 tea spn red chili powder
1/4 tea spn turmeric
powder
1/2 tea spn coriander
seeds
1/4 tea spn cumin seeds
2 piece cinnamon
4 cloves
1/2 tea spn poppy seeds
7-8 strands coriander
leaves
1/2 tea spn chopped garlic
1/2 tea spn chopped
ginger
2 green chilies
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup fresh/frozen
coconut
Oil
1/4 tea spn tamarind extract or 2 pieces of tamarind soaked in warm water
Salt
Method:
Apply red chili powder and turmeric to chicken pieces and leave it aside.
Grind together coriander-cumin seeds, ginger-garlic, green chilies, coriander seeds, cloves, cinnamon,
poppy seeds. This is called raw masala.
Roast (without oil) coconut till it turns slightly brownish. Grind it to a smooth paste.
Heat a little oil and fry onions. When they turn slightly brownish, add tomatoes and fry for sometime. Now
add raw masala and fry till the raw smell goes off and a nice aroma comes out of it. Now add the chicken
pieces, salt and fry for about 5mins. Add 2 cups of water cover and cook till chicken is tender.
Add the ground coconut, tamarind extract and cook for about 7-8 mins till the curry thickens.
Serve hot. I served it with yellow flavored rice and chapathis.

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