Flavors Of The South : Kerala Style Chicken Tomato Roast

Ingredients
- 1/2 kg Chicken
Ingredients for Marination
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chili or Kashmiri Chili powder
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- Salt to taste
Ingredients for Masala
- 3 Onion large size big, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 2 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 1/2 to 2 Kashmiri Chili powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 tsp Fennel powder
- 2 Tomatoes large, finely sliced
- 3/4 to 1 cup Coconut Milk thick
- Curry Leaves
- Salt to taste
- Coconut oil or any Refined oil, refer notes
Instructions
- Wash and clean the chicken pieces and make deep gashes in them
- Marinate the cleaned chicken with ingredients listed under 'Ingredients for Marination' and keep in the refrigerator for half an hour (overnight marination provides best results)
- Shallow fry the marinated chicken pieces till it becomes golden brown on either side the chicken is half cooked (refer notes). Remove the chicken pieces from the pan
- To the same pan, add the sliced onions a pinch of salt
- Cook till onions turn golden brown
- Add the ginger garlic paste and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes or till raw smell disappears
- Throw in the coriander, red chili, garam masala fennel powders and fry for a few minutes till masala is cooked through
- Add sliced tomatoes curry leaves along with enough salt and mix well
- When the tomatoes become soft and oil appears (add one or two splashes of water to get a nice paste like consistency), add the fried chicken pieces and give a good stir till the masala coats the chicken well
- Now add the thick coconut milk and mix well
- Cover and cook till the gravy is very thick (15 to 20 minutes approximately) The chicken pieces should be succulent coated well with the masala
- This curry has a semi-thick gravy. Serve hot with plain rice/pulav/roti/appam
Notes
- You can use any refined oil for this dish but honestly coconut oil enhances the flavor and lifts the dish to a whole new level. So it’s totally your call!
- If you want to avoid excess oil usage, you can skip shallow frying the chicken.
- Directly proceed to cooking the marinated chicken pieces in a non-stick pan with very little oil and then adding this into the prepared tomato and onion masala with coconut milk.
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