CHICKEN KONDATTAM

                               CHICKEN KONDATTAM

                            

Chicken Kondattam is a Kerala style spicy dish and a variety dish too at the same time .The main ingredients for this dish is Kondattam mulaku(Chilly).This is a special type of dried green chilies.It is prepared by soaking the green chilies in curd and drying it under sun on next day.Again soak it in a balance curd and keep it for over night.Again keep it under the sun next day. Do this process till it gets dried under sun.This chilly is used for grinding masala and this is why the dish is named as Kondattam Chicken.I am sure all will love this!!Let us see the process now.

                                      INGREDIENTS

For Marination

• Chicken boneless             - 300gms
• Ginger paste                    -  1 heaped tsp
• Garlic paste                     -  1 heaped tsp
• Pepper powder                -  1/4 tsp
• Kashmiri chilly powder  -  2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder            -  1/4 tsp
• Curd                                -  1/4 cup
•  Salt to taste

For Grinding

• Shallots                    - 3/4 cup to 1 cup
• Ginger garlic paste  - 1 tbsp
• Green chilies           - 3
• Kondattam chilly    - 10
• Coriander leaves     - 1/4 cup
• Curry leaves           - 2 sprigs

For Sauting

• Onion chopped      - 1 big
• Curry leaves          - 2 sprigs
• Tomato                  - 1 big chopped
• Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Capsicum               - 1/2diced
• Water
• Salt 
• oil

                                        METHOD

• Marinate the chicken with the masalals mentioned in ingrdients and keep it for 2 hrs.
• Coarsely grind the masalas( for grinding masala)

•  Heat oil in a kadai and fry all the chicken.Do not deep fry it.

•  Keep this aside.

•  Coarsely grind this and keep this also aside.

•  In the same kadai add little oil and fry 3 kondattam chillies and keep it aside.

•  Saute the chopped onion and curry leaves.

•  When it becomes tender,add the coarsely grind masalas to it.

• Saute well.

•  Add one tsp red chilly powder to it.

•  Add little quantity of salt only since salt is already present in Kondattam chilly.

•  Add chopped tomatoes to it and saute for 1 min.

•  Add diced  capsicum and saute well.

•  Now add the fried chicken to it and combine well.

•  Add little water to it in order to coat the masalas on the chicken.

•  Allow the water to dry.

            Garnish with fried Kondattam chilly and serve!!!!