Chicken in Coconut Gravy

Ingredients

• ½ kg chicken (medium sized pieces)
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp salt

For tempering:

• ½ Medium sized onion cut into slices
• 1 – 1.5 tbsp of ghee

For the gravy
Roast the following ingredients individually

• 6 madras chillies
• 1 tsp coriander
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp peppercorns

Grind the roasted ingredients with the following, into a smooth paste:
Half a medium sized grated coconut

• 1 medium sized onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 10 gms tamarind

Method

1. Pre-cook the chicken with salt and ghee.
2. Add the paste to the cooked chicken and stir.
3. Now add some water to make the gravy a little thin
4. Add cut potatoes to this at this stage.
5. Cook this till the potatoes become soft (if you have added them) or bring it to a boil if using only chicken.
6. In another vessel take the 1.5 tbsp of ghee for tempering. Add sliced onion to this and fry till golden brown.
7. Add the cooked chicken curry to this vessel. The onion tempering brings out more of the flavours of the roasted ingredients in the curry.
8. Serve with Rice Rotty, Neer Dosa or Idlis.