South Indian Chicken Curry Recipes

SOUTH INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat until it is very hot. Add mustard seeds and let them sizzle for about 1 minute. Add the garlic, ginger, sliced onion, and cilantro stems, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the ground spice mix and continue cooking for 6 to 8 minutes until the onions are very soft, stirring often so that the onions cook evenly.
• When the onions and peppers are soft and have absorbed the spices, start adding the chicken, a little at a time. Stir the pieces until they're coated with the spices, and then add more chicken. When all the chicken has been stirred in, pour the thin coconut milk over the chicken, add the salt and the potatoes, reduce the heat to medium low, cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked and the potatoes are tender, about 40 minutes. To soften the flavor of the spices, and to make a creamy sauce, the author simmers the chicken for her curry in coconut milk.
• Remove the cover from the pot and bring the liquid to a boil. Boil for 3 to 5 minutes, until the sauce is thickened. Then add the thick coconut milk and the cilantro leaves. Return liquid to a simmer, season to taste with salt, and serve with rice.

SOUTHEAST ASIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Mix ground cinnamon, turmeric, garam masala, paprika, ginger, bay leaves, star anise, cardamom, cinnamon stick, kaffir leaf, and chile pepper together in a bowl.
• Mix 1/2 of 1 yogurt container with 2 tablespoons of spice mixture and 1 tablespoon fish sauce in a bowl. Make deep cuts into the chicken thighs to allow sauce to penetrate. Coat chicken with yogurt mixture and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours.
• Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Stir-fry onion and garlic in the hot pot for 30 seconds; add remaining spice mixture and continue to stir-fry, 30 seconds more. Add chicken to the pan and fry until spices around chicken have darkened, 2 to 4 minutes. Add marinade and bring to a boil over high heat; continue to boil, covered, for 2 minutes.
• Dissolve bouillon in water and add to the pot. Add remaining yogurt, remaining fish sauce, and sugar. Boil chicken in sauce until nearly cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce; boil until chicken is no longer pink in the centers and sauce has completely thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Melt butter into mixture and cover. Turn off heat and let dish rest to let chicken absorb sauce, about 30 minutes.

SOUTH INDIAN (KERALA) CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep pan.
• Mix/Grind coriander, chili, turmeric and pepper together in a bowl - set aside.("A").
• Fry mustard in hot oil and sauté onion, garlic, ginger, chili and curry leaves ("B") till onions are golden.
• Once done - remove onion mixture from oil to another frying pan & add tomatoes and keep over low heat till tomatoes dissolve from their skins.
• Meanwhile in the deep pan, add chicken, vinegar, salt, and spice mixture ("A") - stir for a few minutes . Mix coconut milk & water and add. Cover the pan with lid & cook over med-low heat ("C").
• When the meat is cooked through, add the potatoes. Once the potatoes are half-cooked (about 15 minutes), stir in the tomato-onion mixture from "B" and add the tomato paste.
• Leave uncovered & stir once in awhile. When the potatoes are cooked through & the curry thickens, remove from heat & garnish with chopped coriander & enjoy with jasmine or basmati rice!

CHICKEN CURRY SOUTH INDIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Marinate chicken pieces with pepper powder,turmeric,salt,lemon juice around 30 minutes.Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf, ginger,garlic and saute for a minute.Add onion,green chillies and saute. Add salt also.Add curry leaves into this and saute.Add chopped tomatoes.Make a paste of coriander,chilly powders with 1tbsp water and add this paste into it and saute until the oil separates from it.Then add chicken pieces and saute well for 5 minutes and add 1/2 cup water .close the lid and cook in low heat for 20 minutes.Add chopped cilantro leaves and add few drops of lemon juice at the end.Do not boil after adding lemon juice,the curry tastes sour.Serve with bread,chappathi or rice.