This chilli chicken gives the best kick…
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I’m so glad it’s Friday. What’s your weekend plans? Here we don’t have any specific plans yet…just another weekend 🙂
Well, talking about today’s chilli chicken recipe …I make chilli chicken couple of ways, I make it Indo-Chinese and pure Kerala nadan style. I have already shared Indo-Chinese version,so today I will share the Kerala style of preparation.I just followed my chilli beef recipe with few minor changes.Very easy to make side dish, all you have to just marinate the chicken and fry it in the oil till golden brown. You can serve this along with rice or best pairs with Kerala parotta…
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Kerala Chilli Chicken Recipe – Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe
Preparation Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves : 4-6
Ingredients :
To Marinate :
Boneless Chicken : 1 kg /2 lb (cut into small cubes)
Red Chilli flakes / Crushed Chilli Flakes : 4 tbsp or to your torelance level
Garlic : 2 tbsp (crushed)
Ginger : 2 tbsp (crushed)
Curry leaves :1 sprig
Vinegar or Lemon Juice : 2 tsp
Salt to taste
For Sauteing :
Shallots / Small Red Onions : 1 1/2 cup (thinly sliced) or Onion : 11/2 cup (thinly sliced)
Green chilies : 4 nos or to taste (split length-wise)
Curry Leaves : 2-3 sprig
Thin Coconut Slices/ Thenga kothu : 1/2 cup
Tomato Sauce or Tomato Puree : 1tbsp
Tomato Sauce or Tomato Puree : 1tbsp
Coconut Oil : 1/2 cup
To Dry Roast and Grind Coarsely :
Black Peppercorns : 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon Stick / Karuvapatta : 1 inch piece
Clove / Grambu : 4 nos
Cardamom / Elakka : 4 pods
Fennel seeds / Perinjeerakam : 1/2 tbsp
How to make Kerala Chilli Chicken – Spicy Chilli Chicken :
1. Chop chicken to small sized cubes and wash with little turmeric powder; drain it and set it aside.
2. Heat a pan on a medium heat till hot. Reduce the flame to simmer and dry roast the ingredients listed above ‘To Dry Roast and Grind’ on the pan. Stirring often till the spices give off their aroma and begin to get slightly darker; remove from fire. Allow to cool. Grind the above roasted spices into a coarse powder.
3. Marinate the chicken pieces with above roasted spices and along with the listed ingredients “To marinate ‘ and refrigerate it for about 1/2 to 1 hrs
4. Heat the pan with 3 tbsp of oil and fry the coconut slices to light brown color, remove and transfer it a paper towel.
5. In the same pan add the remaining oil and add finely chopped shallots/onions and green chilies and saute until turns to translucent and brown in color, now add the curry leaves and saute for couple of minutes.
6. Now add marinated chicken pieces and combine well; fry it for 5 mins, Cover and cook till the chicken well cooked. (Note : It takes approximately 20-25 mins)
7. Open the lid; add the tomato sauce or puree and roast it over medium-low fire till it turns dark brown in color. (Note : Stir in between to avoid burning and it takes 15-20 minutes approximately)
8. Once the chicken starts to dry and have attained the dark brown color then add fried coconut slices and combine well. (Note : This dish traditionally has no gravy at all and is dry so if water is present, make sure to roast well without burning.)
9. Yummy chilli chicken is ready to serve. Serve with Parotta, Rice, Appam, Kappa or any Roti /Indian Bread and Enjoy!
Related Posts :
Chilli Chicken – Restaurant Style / Indo Chinese Chilly Chicken
Chilli Beef /Beef Ularthiyathu
Happy Friday!
Sangeetha
Thank you 🙂
As always yummy recipe…
You're welcome Saj!, I'm so glad it turned well out for you and you love it. Thanks for trying and sharing your feedback here. Hope you get to try more recipes and like them too.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
This recipe is a keeper , tried it n loved it . Thanks
Saj.
You're welcome Anjana! Thank you for trying it out, and thank you for letting me know. So glad that that it lived up to your expectations!Please do try other recipes from here when you've time.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
i tried this n it came out awsom…. thanks sangeetha mam 4 this recipie…. 🙂
Hello, You're welcome! I’m happy to hear it turned out well for you. Thanks so much for trying and leaving a comment letting me know you enjoyed! Hope you continue to enjoy our recipes..Thanks again!
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Thanks Divya!
I prepared this dish today, awesome, tasty. Thank you for step-by-step pictures and method. We enjoy all your non-veg. receipes. God Bless
This looks yum n very tempting…..awesome clicks..
Hi Satheesh, It's a pleasure to know that you are a loyal reader of my humble blog and I'm glad you liked my recipes and presentations…It means a lot to me.Thanks! Thanks again for pointing out the mistake and bringing it to my notice.As I have mentioned the method is very much the same and I had copied and pasted my chilli beef recipe 😉 and missed that word to change. Corrected it now 🙂 Do revert to me with feedback if you try.
Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
Thanks Linda dear!:) So glad you enjoyed the banana halwa. Thanks a ton for sharing your feedback on the recipes that you have tried from this humble blog. Hope you continue to enjoy our recipes.
Best,
Sangeetha
I am a regular visitor of this site.. The dishes are very nice and presentation is super.. Sir I found one mistake in the above recipe.. Please change the 3rd step..There you have mentioned Beef instead of Chicken. Thanks for the dish.. I will try it next week and let you know..
Chechi the chilli bowl is super cool & your step by step pics are very helpful . Chechi , tried banana halwa , was an instant hit .