How to make Chicken Fry
I did not prepare any chicken dish for many days and my hubby asked me for a yummy chicken dish. So I prepared this Karaikudi Chicken Fry taken from here. Though it is a fry, I tried it as a gravy one as we can have it for chappathi or roti at night. So for a fry, add less onions and tomatoes. You can also try different Chicken recipes below.
Chicken gravy for beginners
Nadan Kozhi curry
Simple chicken kuzhambu
Kaju Chicken – Spicy version
Pepper Chicken Chettinad
Step by step instructions to make karaikudi chicken fry
Ingredients
Marination
Chicken – 1/2 kg
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Lemon Juice – 1 tbsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
To grind
Red Chillies – 3
Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
Pepper – 1 tsp
Cloves – 3 to 4
Cinnamon stick – 2 ( inch – crushed )
Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
Bay leaves – 2
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Grated Coconut – 2tbsp
For Gravy
Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – a pinch
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
Onion – 2 (chopped finely)
Tomato – 2 (chopped finely)
Garlic – 4 cloves
Ginger paste – 1 tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tsp (check for the spiciness before adding)
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – few
Water – as required
Salt – as required
Method
1. Wash the chicken pieces nicely with salt. Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and lemon juice for 40 min at least. In a kadai or pan, add 1tsp oil and fry the red chillies, coriander seeds, curry leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, pepper, bay leaf, fennel seeds one by one.
2. Finally add the grated coconut and fry for a min. Allow to cool and grind to a smooth paste adding little water.
3. In the same kadai, add the oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds and when it got splutters, add the fennel seeds and cumin seeds. Add the onion and saute well.
4. Add the garlic and tomato and ginger paste. Saute till the tomato becomes mushy.
6. Add required water and allow it to cook.
7. Add the marinated chicken pieces and again cook adding little water. (Chicken leaves out water while cooking).
8. When the oil starts oozing out from the gravy add the coriander leaves. Give a stir and switch off the stove.
1. This fry can be made as semi gravy or gravy by adding less or more onion and tomato. But while adding check for the spiciness and salt.
Recipe to make the fry
Karaikudi chicken fry is a special chicken fry recipe of Karaikudi district and tastes delicious with the freshly ground masalas and Indian spices.
- Chicken – 1/2 kg
- Chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Lemon Juice – 1 tbsp
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Red Chillies – 3
- Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
- Pepper – 1 tsp
- Cloves – 3 to 4
- Cinnamon stick – 2 inch – crushed
- Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
- Bay leaves – 2
- Curry leaves – 1 spring
- Grated Coconut – 2tbsp
- Oil – 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – a pinch
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Onion – 2 chopped finely
- Tomato – 2 chopped finely
- Garlic – 4 cloves
- Ginger paste – 1 tsp
- Chilli powder – 1 tsp check for the spiciness before adding
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves – few
- Water – as required
- Salt – as required
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Wash the chicken pieces nicely with salt. Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and lemon juice for 40 min at least. In a kadai or pan, add 1tsp oil and fry the red chillies, coriander seeds, curry leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, pepper, bay leaf, fennel seeds one by one.
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Finally add the grated coconut and fry for a min. Allow to cool and grind to a smooth paste adding little water.
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In the same kadai, add the oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds and when it got splutters, add the fennel seeds and cumin seeds. Add the onion and saute well.
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Add the garlic and tomato and ginger paste. Saute till the tomato becomes mushy.
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Add the coriander powder and saute again. Now add the ground paste from step 2.
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Add required water and allow it to cook.
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Add the marinated chicken pieces and again cook adding little water. (Chicken leaves out water while cooking).
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When the oil starts oozing out from the gravy add the coriander leaves. Give a stir and switch off the stove.
This fry can be made as semi gravy or gravy by adding less or more onion and tomato. But while adding check for the spiciness and salt.
*post first published on Feb 8th 2015. Updated with recipe.
Chicken in karaikudi style is best.They look so delicious
My all time favorite of preparing marinated chicken gravy and curries. yumm to look at 🙂
I like this delicious gravy version. Will be divine to be eaten with rice.