Kolhapuri chicken curry is a spicy curry from Southwest India.
A curry that I have been meaning to try for a long time. Monsoon has started here in Mumbai & the chicken curry seemed the perfect dish for my friday night dinner.
Served with rice and onions on the side.
Directions to make kolhapuri chicken curry-
- 1 kg Chicken cleaned and patted dry
- 1 tbsp Red Chilli powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Salt as per taste
- 10 no dry red chilli
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 8-9 no black peppercorn kalimirch
- 5 no cloves laung
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder jaiphal
- 5-6 tbsp oil
- 6 no green cardamom elichi hari
- 1 tbsp cumin jeera
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds dhaniya sabut
- 2 no start anise
- 5-6 no garlic pods lehsun
- 1 no bay leaf Tej patta
- 2 Big onion sliced
- 2 Cup fresh tomato puree
- 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp tumeric powder
- salt as per taste
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Marinate the chicken with ingredients under marination and let it aside for at least 2 hours or maximum over night.
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Now heat oil in a pan and and roast the spices till aromatic. Leave onions, tomato, garlic and coconut for for later.
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Once the spices are lightly roasted add onions, garlic and cook till lightly brown.
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Let this masala cool down. Blend into a fine paste add some water if required.
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Now in the same pants add more oil mentioned under curry. Add the blended masala. Now add tomatoes and cook well.
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Add salt, tumeric and red chilli powder.
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Lastly add the chicken. Cover and cook till chicken is cooked and oil floats on the top.
*At this point either add the fresh coconut and cook again for 5 more mins or blend with the onion masala.
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Enjoy with rice.
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