Chicken Coconut Milk Curry

Ingredients

• Chicken - 1 kg
• Onion - 1 1/2 cups
• (sliced)
• Ginger(chopped) - 2 tbsp
• Garlic(chopped) - 1/2 tbsp
• Green chillies(slit) - 4 nos
• Curry leaves - 2 - 3 sprigs
• Potato(big) - 1 no
• (boiled and cubed)
• Lemon - 1 no
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
• Aniseed(Perinjeerakam) powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coconut milk - 2 cups
• Oil - As reqd
• Salt - As reqd

Method of Preparation

• Marinate chicken with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp lime juice and keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
• Make a paste of coriander powder, chilly powder and turmeric powder. Keep aside.
• Heat oil in hard bottomed vessel.
• Add onion, ginger, garlic and green chilli and saute them till brown.
• Add masala paste and stir fry for a minute.
• Add chicken, stir and fry for 5 mins.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk, required salt and cook for 1/2 hour or till done.
• When the chicken is half done, add the cubed and boiled potato.
• Add rest of the coconut milk (1/2 cup), garam masala, pepper powder and curry leaves.
• Heat it for a minute and the chicken curry is ready.
• Dissolve 1 tbsp corn flour in 1/4 cup of water and add to chicken curry for a thickened gravy.

:- Serve with chapatthis and parathas