Gongura Chicken Gravy/Pulichakeerai Chicken Gravy

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Gongura is a very rich source of Iron, vitamins, folic acid and anti-oxidants essential for human nutrition. This is an authentic spicy Andhra Gongura Chicken Recipe.

GonguraChickenGravy

Ingredients:

  • Chicken – 1 lbs
  • Gongura/Sorrel Leaves/PulichaKeerai – 2 cups
  • Big Onion – 2 ( Medium Size, Chopped )
  • Green Chili – 4 or as per ur taste
  • Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
  • Oil – 3 tbsp
  • Water – 2 cups
  • Cumin – 1 tsp
  • Curry Leaves – 2 strands
  • Red Chili – 4

To Marinate Chicken:

  • Curd – 1 cup
  • Ginger Garlic paste -1 1/2 tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp
  • Red Chili Powder – 1 tbsp
  • Lemon Juice – 2 tsp

To Grind:

  • Cinnamon – 5 ( 1 inch Sticks)
  • Cloves – 6
  • Cardamom – 8

Procedure :

  1. Cut Chicken into small pieces and mix with the ingredients given to marinate. Marinate the chicken for 2 or more hrs or overnight. Keep this in Refrigerator. This gives a nice flavor to the chicken when cooked.
  2. Separate the sorrel leaves from steam. In a pan pour some water and add sorrel leaves and cook for 5 min. Filter the water and grind the sorrel leaves into fine paste.
  3. In a pan add oil, fry Onion, Green Chili till the onion is translucent. Add ground Gongura Leaves paste and cook for 2 min.
  4. Add the marinated Chicken, Coriander powder and required salt. Take care while adding salt, as salt is added while marination.
  5. Add water and cook till the chicken is cooked and the oil separates from the Gravy.
  6. In an another pan add oil, cumin seeds, Red chili, Curry Leaves and fry for a minute.Add this to the cooked Gongura chicken. This step is optional, as these ingredients can be added in the initial stage also. But this gives a nice smell to the gravy.

(*) Serve with White Rice, Chapathi. This is similar to the the dry Gongura chicken with some variations.

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2 Responses to “Gongura Chicken Gravy/Pulichakeerai Chicken Gravy”

  1. Vinolia says:
    August 14, 2009 at 7:49 am

    pulicha keerai kozhambu with chicken, yum yum, that must be succulent; I have never tried this combination before, your click makes me mouth-water!!

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