CHICKEN GRAVY WITHOUT COCONUT

Ingredients

Chicken 1/2 kg

Onion 1

Tomato 2

Ginger 1 piece

Garlic 3 flakes

Cashew nut 10

Green chilli 2 slit in centre

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder 2 tbsp

Garam masala powder 2 tbsp

Pepper powder 1 tbsp

Curry leaves 5 leaves

Cinnamon 1 stick

Cloves 3

Aniseed 1 tbsp

Salt

Oil

Preparation

1. Grind ginger, garlic and cashew into a paste.

2. Chop onion and tomatoes.

3. Heat a pan, add oil, cinnamon, cloves, aniseed and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.

4. Add chopped onion and salt. Fry till onion turns into golden brown.

5. Add green chilli, ginger garlic cashew paste and tomatoes and fry well.

6. Add chicken pieces. Mix it. Cover it and cook.

7. Add all turmeric, chilli and garam masla powder. Mix well.

8. Finally add pepper and turn off the flame. Cover the pan with a lid for 5 to 10 mts.

9. Serve it with rice or roti.

TOMATO COCONUT GRAVY

Ingredients

Tomato 1

Onion 1

Grated coconut 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Red chilli powder 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Oil 2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Grind coconut and cumin seeds coarsely.

2. Heat a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, after it crackles, add chopped onion. Fry well.

3. Add chopped tomatoes. Mix well.

4. Add little water and salt. Let it cook for 5 mts.

5. After they cooked, add grinded coconut mixture and chilli powder.

6. Turn off the heat and garnish with coriander leaves.

7. Serve it with chapati.

CHETTINAD CHICKEN GRAVY

Ingredients

Chicken 5oo gm

Onion 1

Tomato 2

Ginger garlic paste 3 tbsp

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder 1 tbsp

Garam masala powder 1 tbsp

Yogurt 4 tbsp

Cinnamon 1/2 stick

Cloves 2

Salt to taste

Oil 5 tbsp

To make masala

Small onion 10

Red chilli 5

Pepper 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds

Preparation

1. Wash chicken and marinate chicken with yogurt, chilli powder, ginger garlic paste and salt for about 30 mts.

2. Grind chopped big onion, chopped tomatoes finely.

3. Heat a pan, add oil, cumin seeds, red chilli, pepper and small onion. Fry and grind them.

4. Heat a pan, add oil, cinnamon, cloves, onion-tomato paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste, salt and grinded red chilli-small onion mixture. Mix well and cook it.

5. Heat another pan, add oil, marinated chicken and fry it.

6. To this fried chicken, add the cooked masala.

7. Once oil starts leaving its sides, turn off the heat.

8. Serve it with rice.