Chicken Gravy
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
30 mins
This is easy and simple Chicken gravy prepared by my mom and tastes great.
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
South Indian
Keyword:
chicken gravy
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- Chicken - 1/2 kg
- Sunflower Oil - 3 tsp
- Cinnamon stick - 1 to 2 inch crushed
- Cloves - few
- Star anise - few
- Cardamom - 1
- Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
- Onion - 1 big - chopped nicely
- Tomato - 2 medium sized
- Chilli powder - 1.5 tsp
- Coriander powder - 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste
- Coconut milk - 2 tbsp
- Gingelly oil - 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves - few
Instructions
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Wash the chicken with salt and keep aside.
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In a kadai, add sunflower oil. When it is hot, add the spices, cinnamon stick, cardamom, star anise, cloves, fennel seeds. Fry them a little.
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Add the finely chopped onions and fry them till translucent.
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Add the tomatoes now and saute them.
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When the onion and tomatoes becomes soft, transfer half the content of the onion - tomato mixture to another bowl and allow it to cool down.
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To the remaining mixture in the kadai, add the chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, turmeric powder and mix it well to make a masala.
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Now add the chicken pieces and coat them well with the masala. Allow to cook them in low flame.
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Now when the remaining other half of the onion tomato mixture cools down, transfer it to the blender and grind to a smooth paste.
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Now mix them ground paste to the chicken and mix them well. Add little water. ( Do not add more, as the chicken tends to leave water while cooking ).
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Add little coriander at this stage, so that the flavor gets mixed with chicken.
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Now close the chicken with a lid or plate and cook for 10 min.
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After 10 min, check the gravy has become thick and that, the oil leaves from the sides.
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Now add the coconut milk and mix it. (optional)
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Add gingelly oil and mix them.
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Garnish with coriander leaves and serve them.
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Yummy and simple chicken gravy is ready.