CHICKEN IN ROASTED COCONUT GRAVY(VARAUTHARACHATHU)

               CHICKEN IN ROASTED COCONUT GRAVY
            (VARAUTHARACHATHU)

Here I am again with yet another Chicken recipe.Varutharacha chicken curry is a traditional Malabar recipe cooked in roasted coconut gravy.The gravy has a base of some roasted flavored spices which  gives this dish an awesome Aromatic taste.This dish will smoothly  combine with Rice,Chapatti,Parotta, Appam, Idiappam etc...   

                        

                        INGREDIENTS    

• Chicken pieces                   - 400 gms
• Lemon juice                      - 1/2 of lemon
• Coconut grated                   - 1 cup
• Ginger                           - 2 piece julienned
• Garlic                           - 1 bulb  crushed
• Onions                           - 4 small sliced
• Tomato                           - 2 cut into big pieces
• Green chilies                    - 4 to 5 slit
• Potato                           - 1 big cut into big pieces
• Curry leaves as required
• Coriander leaves                 - 2 tbsp
• Red chilly powder                - 2 tsp
• fennel powder                    - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper powder                    - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder                  - 1/4 tsp
• Cloves                           - 6 to 8
• Cinnamon                         - 2 stick
• Oil                              - 3 tbsp
• Mustard seed                     - 1/4 tsp
• Red chilly                       - 2 cut into 3          

                        METHOD

•  Clean the chicken pieces and apply lemon juice on it and marinate for 30 mins.

                         

                               

                                       

                                       

• Heat a heavy bottom kadai and add grated coconut to it.

•  Add 5 garlic cloves to it.

•  Add 5 ginger julienne and 2 tb sp of sliced onions to it.

•  Add curry leaves to it.

•  Mix well together.

•  Add cinnamon stick to it.

•  Add cloves  to it.

•  Fry this coconut.

•  When this becomes brown add the coriander leaves to it.

•  Add pepper powder to it.

•  Add fennel powder to it.

•  Roast it well and grind it on a mixie with out adding water.

•  Heat again the same kadai and add oil to it.

•  Splutter the mustard seeds.

•  Fry red chilies and curry leaves .

•  Remove the 3/4 th portion of fried item to a plate.

•  Saute crushed garlic to it and saute well.

•  Add ginger julienne to it.

•  Saute it well.

•  Add sliced onions  to it.

•  Add slited green chilies to it and saute til it becomes tender.

•  Add potato pieces and saute it again.

•  Add turmeric powder to it and stir well.

•  Add red chilly powder to it.

•  Saute it well.

•  Add chicken pieces to it.

•  Add tomato pieces too.

•  Saute everything well.

•  When the colour of chicken changes to whitish, mix the grinded coconut masala with water and add this to it.The coconut paste should be a fine paste.

•  Mix well.

•  Add salt to it.

•  Close it with a lid and cook in medium flame till it is done.

•  When the gravy thicken and chicken gets cooked switch off the flame and serve it on a dish.

•  Here is the CHICKEN IN ROASTED COCONUT GRAVY ready to serve..Garnish with fried items and coriander leaves.....