CHICKEN CHUKKA

Chicken Chukka is a spicy roast dish.We can prepare this dish using few ingredients.The only thing is that we have to be marinate it for minimum 1 hour. Here I have used dry masalas to prepare the dish.The chicken pieces are marinated with the roasted grinded  masala so that we will get the real aroma and taste.This recipe is prepare on my own style and it was a success too. Now let us see the preparation..

                                              INGREDIENTS

• Chicken pieces             -800 gms
• Capsicum julienne       - 1 small
• Onion chopped            - 2 medium
• Ginger Garlic paste     - 2 tbsp
• Coconut grated            - 3 to 4 tbsp
• Coriander leaves         - to garnish (chopped)

Dry masala for grinding

• Whole Coriander        -  2.5 tbsp
• Dry red chilies            -  10 nos
• Pepper corns               -  1 tsp
• Cumin powder            -  a pinch( I usually use home made roasted cumin powder, if you do not                                        have can use a pinch of cumin also)
• 5 spice masala            -  1/2 tsp( you can use cloves- 8 , cinnamon -1 stick,Pepper- 5 corns,Star                                        anise -1/2,Fennel seed - 1/2 tsp.Gground this and use 1/2 tsp)

                                              METHOD

• Roast the coriander and red chilies(cut into pieces) in a kadai without adding oil.

                            

• Ground all these together and mix this powder with the chicken pieces and keep this in refrigerator for 1 hr.

                            

• Cut the capsicum into julienne and chop the coriander leaves and keep it aside.

• Heat the Kadai,add little oil and saute till light brown.

• Now add ginger garlic paste to it.Fry the onions till golden brown.

• Now add the grated coconut to it.

• Roast the coconut well.

• Now add the marinated chicken to it and saute well till the color changes to white.

• Add salt to it and close it wit a lid to get it well cooked.Stir well every 5 mins.

• Roast the chicken well.

• Now add the capsicum and cook for 1 more min .

• Finally add the coriander leaves too.

• Garnish and serve it on a plate.

                      Enjoy the home made Chicken Chukka!!