South Indian Green Curry Recipes

CLASSIC INDIAN GREEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a blender, take chopped coriander, green chilies and 2 tablespoon of yogurt and blend into a smooth consistency. Add this to the remaining yogurt and mix. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, on medium heat, add cooking oil, garlic and ginger paste and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken to this and cook till the color of the chicken becomes white - indicating that it has cooked from the outside.
• Add salt, turmeric and garam masala at this stage and cook for 30 seconds more.
• Now immediately add the blended green yogurt mixture to the saucepan. Leave it to cook on low heat for 10-15 minutes or until the water evaporates and the curry becomes thick.
• Make sure, before taking the curry off the stove, that the chicken is tender and has cooked all the way through. If the chicken isn't tender yet, add a little more water and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Serve hot with Naan.

SOUTH INDIAN-STYLE VEGETABLE CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• In a 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven or other heavy-duty pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium (or medium low if necessary) and cook until the onion is richly browned, 5 to 7 minutes more. Add the garlic and ginger; cook, stirring, for 1 minute to blend the flavors. Add the coriander, cumin, turmeric, and cayenne; stir for 30 seconds to toast the spices. Add the tomato paste and stir until well blended with the aromatics, about 1 minute.Add the broth, coconut milk, cinnamon stick, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low or low and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cauliflower, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and carrots. Raise the heat to medium high and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Discard the cinnamon stick. Stir in the chickpeas, spinach, lime juice, and zest; cook until the spinach has wilted, about 3 minutes more. Season to taste with salt. Serve garnished with the cilantro.

PACHA PAYIR KULAMBU RECIPE (SOUTH INDIAN STYLE GREEN GRAM CURRY)

Steps:

• To begin making the Pacha Payir Kulambu recipe, wash the green gram and soak in water for 2 hours. Once done, add it to pressure cooker along with required water. Pressure cook for 5-6 whistles.
• Once the pressure seizes, open the lid, slightly mash the green gram with ladle. Mashing it is optional.
• Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil on a medium flame. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Once it splutters, add asafoetida, slitted green chilli and red chilli.
• Add chopped onion and saute until translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and cook until mushy.
• Once the tomatoes are mushy, add cooked green gram along with required water for the gravy.
• Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and sambar powder to it. Mix well, cover the pan and cook for 10-15 minutes on a low flame.
• Once everything is combined well turn off the flame and garnish the kulambu with coriander leaves.
• Serve Pacha Payir Kulambu along with Beetroot Thoran and Steamed Rice for a weekday meal.

SOUTH INDIAN VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed casserole or pan over low heat and fry the sliced onion sprinkled with some salt until it begins to soften. Add the chile and ginger strips and stir every now and again while cooking for about 1 minute.
• Add the chili flakes, the turmeric, cumin, coriander and ginger. Stir well and let cook for about 1 minute or so. Pour in the coconut milk, stock, sugar and tamarind paste. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat and add the cauliflower first, then the broccoli. Cook for 10 minutes, then add the green beans and baby corn. Check the vegetables after about 5 minutes or so to see if they are tender, letting them cook for longer if needed.
• Once they are tender add the sugar snaps and season to taste, to taste. When the sugar snap peas are hot, serve generously sprinkled with the herbs of your choice. Transfer the curry to a serving bowl. Serve with some plain rice or some warmed Indian flatbread on the side for dunking.

VEGETARIAN INDIAN GREEN CURRY

Steps:

• Boil potatoes in salted water for 5 minutes only, drain, set aside.
• Boil green beans for 5 min, set aside.
• Slice zucchini thickly.Melt butter in large pot.
• Saute onion and garlic until onions begin to color. Add spices (with salt &pepper to taste) and saute for a few minutes.
• Add prepared vegetables, ginger, chilis, lemon juice & water. Stir thoroughly and simmer, stirring frequently, until most of the water is gone and vegetables are just tender.

SOUTH-INDIAN GREEN CURRY

Steps:

• Wash the chicken and marinate it for an hour with salt and turmeric powder.
• In a food processor,make the green curry paste as follows :
• Grind together the garlic,ginger,green chillies,corriander and mint leaves ,green chillies and onion halves with a dash of water till you get a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a pan,add bay leaves,cloves,whole black pepper,star aniseed,stir for just half a minute.
• Then add the green curry paste,saute it for about 1minute.
• Mix one pint of warm water with the dessicated coconut powder in a separate bowl,stir till no lumps remain,and pour this into the pan.(Leave a tablespoon cocnut cream aside for garnishing)Stir till you get a smooth,even,green consistency for a minute
• Add the marinated chicken,stir slightly ,cover and cook on medium heat for 30minutes with occasional stirring
• Garnish with a swirl of fresh single cream and coriander leaf.
• Serve hot with Turmeric Basmati rice and mini Naans