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Kolhapuri Chicken

Chicken is my all time favorite . Kolhapuri chicken is a spicy , tasty maharastrian dish. for those chicken lovers like me, who are longing to feel a different taste in chicken curry,can try this delicious dish.  

Ingredients :

Oil - 5 tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tbsp
Pepper corns - 1 tbsp
Green Cardamom (elachi) - 3
Cinamon stick (dalchina chekka) - 1 inch
Cloves (lavanga) - 5
bay leaf - 1
Garlic - 2
Dry coconut powder - 2 spoons
Coriander seeds (dhaniyalu) - 2 spoons
Sesame seeds (Nuvvulu) - 1 spoon
Poppy Seeds (gasagasalu) - 1 spoon
Red chilli powder - 1 spoon 
Salt - 1 spoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp
Onions - 2  
Tomato - 1 (big)

Marination

Chicken  - 1/2 kg
Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1 tbsp
Ginger - Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
Garam Masala - 1 tbsp
Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp

Method

1. Wash chicken pieces and marinate them with ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder , garam masala powder , salt, lemon juice to chicken. Rub well on chicken pieces and marinate for 30 mins                                                                     
   
2. Meanwhile prepare masala for kolhapuri chicken. Place a kadai on stove , heat up oil then add cummin seeds , whole spices like green cardamoms , cinamon , cloves , bay leaf , coriander seeds , sesame seeds , poppy seeds , chopped garlic and last dry coconut powder .                                  
   
3. Cook them until they change their colour.
4. Now add sliced onion and cook till it gets light brown color
   
5. Then switch of the stove and let it cool down and then grind this onion masala into smooth paste (if needed add small amount of water while grinding)
   
6. Add chopped tomatoes to blender separately and grind it to smooth paste and keep it aside.
7. In a kadai , add 2 tbsp of oil and add chicken. Cook this marinated chicken for 5 mins and keep it aside.
   
8. Now it is time to prepare gravy . In a kadai , heat up oil and add onion masala paste ,saute for 1 min,
   
   then add tomato paste. Cook this ground masala for 5 mins.
   
9. Add red chilli powder , salt (1 spoon) , turmeric powder and mix it well.
   
10. Now add chicken pieces and mix well with masala .                           .
    
11. Add water to a desired consistency and checkout salt , cover with lid and cook for 20 - 25 min in a medium flame or until the chicken gets tender and desired consistency.
    
12. Garnish with some coriander leaves.

Tasty , hot and spicy kolhapuri chicken is ready to serve.         

           

Note :Marinating the chicken is very important to get a smooth and juicy chicken.

 
- Swarnalatha Santosh.