Kerala Chicken Masala

Posted on | March 15, 2007 | 21 Comments |

Chicken Masala is such a generic term, I know. But not sure what else to call this dish, and to make matters worse, I make at least 5 different types of chicken masalas, so will have to just call these CM1, CM2 etc. I made CM1 as a side for Mutton Biryani today. Well, I don’t get the idea of having a strong meat curry with biryani, I personally think that the combination messes up both the Biryani taste and the curry taste, but Siv loves to have chicken/mutton curry with Biryani. Since he offered to cook the biryani, the least I could do was to whip up a chicken curry to go with it. I had the biryani with some plain raitha, Siv seemed to enjoy his meatfest. (Tamil style Mutton Biryani recipe to follow soon.)

Ingredients:

1 lb chicken cut into medium pieces
To Grind:
- 10 dry red chilies
- 2″ piece of ginger
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
1 medium red onion diced
2 tomatoes chopped
4 cloves
2 cardamom pods
1″ cinnamon stick
A bunch of curry leaves
salt to taste
2 tbsp oil

Method

Grind the ingredients in the To Grind section to a fine paste with a little water.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and fry the onions till golden brown, and remove.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in the same pan, add the cardamom, cinnamon and cloves and stir for a minute. Add the ground paste to this and saute till oil starts separating. Add the chopped tomatoes and stir till the tomato pieces are cooked.

Add cut chicken pieces along with the salt to the pan, mix well, so that the pieces are coated with the masala. Fry well till the chicken pieces starts to brown.

Add the fried onions and curry leaves to the pan and stir for another minute.

Add 2 cups of hot water to the pan, mix well and cook covered on medium heat till the chicken pieces are cooked through.

Serve with ~~Mutton Biryani~~ plain white rice or chapattis.

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Comments

21 Responses to “Kerala Chicken Masala”

Asha
March 15th, 2007 @ 12:52 pm
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OMG!! Sig!!!You are making me try this too for Sunday lunch!!Looks absolutely gorgeous.I love to to see non-veg dishes after all the veg food,thank you for an authentic Kerala dish.
bee (jugalbandi.info)
March 15th, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
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i agree with siv here.
sunita's world
March 15th, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
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That really looks scrummy…btw I agree with you- with chicken or mutton biryani, its raita for me please…
Mishmash !
March 15th, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
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Hmm..that looks quite tempting and loved ur kadai too. I’m with u here, no need for any curry to go with biriyani, just a plain raitha & pickle is more than enuf

Shn
Pravs
March 16th, 2007 @ 3:20 am
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Hey sig ! this curry is really really tempting for me.I am going to try this recipe tomorrow.
Sig
March 16th, 2007 @ 3:41 am
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Asha, yeah too many veg dishes around… I also get excited when I see a non-veg recipe out there.

Bee, that’s just you against three of us then.

Sunita and Shn, thanks for backing me up here

Pravs, try and let me know how it turned out.
KitchenFairy
March 17th, 2007 @ 4:11 am
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Hey.I like ur new photo.U are really beautiful.Kerala chicken Masala and ur biriyani ,Yummmy .I will try later.
Aruna
April 4th, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
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Hi Sig, u have an awesome blog…. This curry looks oh soo tempting, Kerala chicken curry with no Coconut … will try it soon. Thx
Aruna
April 25th, 2007 @ 11:51 am
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Sig, Tried ur chicken curry & loved it….Thx. Aruna.
Sig
April 25th, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
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Wow Aruna, that is awesome, that is the greatest complement I can get, someone trying it out and liking it. .

Thank you for taking the time to comment and let me know.
Anonymous
July 12th, 2007 @ 7:57 am
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hi,just one question…do you remove the seed from the dry chili b4 u grind them?
Sig
July 12th, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
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Hi Anon, No I don’t remove the seeds, you can do it if you want to reduce the heat a bit. But if you ask me, it is such a painful task. Let me know how it turns out
Spicelover
July 29th, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
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Sig
First time at your blog.
And first time seeing a kerala chicken dish with no coconut. hmmm… looks delicious.
Anonymous
August 5th, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
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Hi Sig,
I am planning on trying this Chicken masala recipe and also the Biryani, was wondering if you can show us a picture of the chillies you use and their name as I feel 10 chillies in the masala can be a bit too spicy if I am not using the right one.
Thanks.
Sig
August 5th, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
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Hi anonymous, it is the regular dried red chillies that you fill find in Indian stores. Check out the picture here . 10 chillies were not too spicy for me, but by any means, you can reduce the number if you are not into spicy food like me… Let me know how it turns out.
Miri
November 12th, 2007 @ 11:11 pm
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Made this day before for dinner and it tasted wonderful! I made it as a gravy, reduced the coconut and increased the imli a bit. Was just perfect with steamed rice.
Thanks!

Glad you liked it Raji… Now I have to try your version
sneha
December 1st, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
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I was wondering about spices like cummin, coriander powder, turmeric etc……and can this recipe go for dishes like aloo mattar etc ?

Thanks.

Trust me you won’t miss those spices… I am guessing it will work with aloo mattar too, haven’t tried it though
roy
May 27th, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
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tried this and mine looked kinda red and not brown. Found it a bit spicy with rotis but it tastes amazing with plain rice and curd. and i should tell you that for a student like me your blog is a great help .
mani
November 24th, 2009 @ 5:22 am
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its not that tasty
Jamsheena
December 3rd, 2009 @ 4:32 am
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Hi,thanks for ur recipe. I made it and it was really tasty.My family enjoyed eating it with plain rice.
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