Chicken Dry Fry Kerala Style

INGREDIENTS

Chicken  -  1kg
Onion  -  3 nos
Green chillies  -  4-5 nos
Ginger garlic paste  -  2 tsp
Ginger chopped  -  2 tsp
Chilli powder  -  2-3 tsp
Turmeric powder  -  1tsp
Salt -  as needed
Coconut oil  -  as needed
Curry leaves  -  few

TO ROAST AND GRIND
Coriander seeds
Dry red chillies
Pepper
Fennel seeds
Cumin seeds
Cinnamon sticks
Cloves

Dry roast all the above ingredients without oil and powder it well and keep aside.


METHOD

Clean the chicken well and marinate it with turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and chopped ginger and keep aside for 30 minutes.
In a cooker, add the marinated chicken and cook for about 3 whistles or till the chicken is cooked well. Do not as water while cooking in the cooker.
Take another pan and saute the chopped onion, green chillies and curry leaves in coconut oil.
Add ginger garlic paste when the onion turns transparent and cook well till the raw smell goes off.
Then add the cooked chicken without water and saute it well.
Then add the powdered masala and salt(if not sufficient) and mix well.
Add little oil in between so that the chicken can get fried and cooked again well.
Keep in medium flame and cook for about 30 minutes till all the masala is coated well on the chicken.
Serve hot with rice.