Pepper Chettinad Chicken
Chettinad cuisine is one of the famous south Indian cuisines. It’s famous for it’s spiciness and the aroma. Pepper Chetinad chicken is a very famous spicy recipe in restaurants.
| Ingredients : | |
|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 lb |
| Mustard | 1/2 tsp |
| Cumin Seeds | 1 tsp |
| Cardamom | 4 no |
| Cloves | 4 no |
| Cinnamon | 4 no |
| Bay Leaves | 4 no |
| Big Onion | 2 no |
| Turmeric | little |
| Ginger Garlic Paste | 1 tsp |
| Green Chili | 5 no |
| Curry Leaves | 1 stk |
| Tomato | 4 no |
| Coriander Powder | 2 tsp |
| Cumin Powder | 1 tsp |
| Red Chili Powder | 1 tsp |
| Ground Pepper | 1 tbsp |
| Coriander Leaves | 1/2 cup |
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Step 1
Clean and Cut the Chicken into small pieces. Chop Onion, Coriander Leaves, tomato and Green Chili.
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Step 2
In a heavy bottom non-stick pan heat oil. When hot, add Mustard, Cumin seeds. When the mustard splutters, add Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon, Bay Leaves and fry for a minute. Add onion, salt a little and fry till onion is golden brown color. Add turmeric, ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell from ginger garlic paste leaves.
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Step 3
Add Green chili and curry leaves and fry for a minute. Add chopped tomatoes, Chili Powder, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder. Fry this in a medium heat till oil separates from the gravy and the tomatoes become soft and mashed well.
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Step 4
Add Chicken, stir well and keep the lid closed for 5 min. Stir in the middle, water from the Chicken leaves water while cooking, so water need not be added. If it needs to be little gravy, water – 1/2 cup can be added. Cook it for 10 more min or till the chicken is cooked well. Add Pepper powder and coriander leaves. Taste for salt and and adjust if required.
- Freshly ground Pepper enhances the taste.
(*) Recipe from vahrehvah.com. A good combo with Chapathi, Naan, Dosa and Rice.
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hi…i live in italy and wanted to have something indian & spicy.Tried it with minimal resource since I did not find the whole garam masala ingredients. nevertheless it turned out sooo good… please post some easy to make biriyani recipes. :) thank u…
Hi Sashi,
I tried this yesterday with Potato instead of chicken and added cocunut at the end….Just for a try…It came up very well….Thanks a ton for the yummy recipies…
Thanks Krish!
Hmmm yet another good recipe !!! i tried the exact instruction and came out very well….we had it for lunch and dinner and no traces left out…ha ha ha….thanks sashi….keep posting…
Thanks Sathish!!
we tried your recipe yesterday it was so tasty. everyone in my family liked it. I got lot of appreciations.thank you so much. Post some more veg recipes please bcos iam vegetarian.
Thanks Saranya.. sure I will try posting more Veg recipes!! thanks for ur support!!
super
Thanks Sathiya!!
Its really yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!