Mirakapaya Kodi Vepudu

Kodi vepudu is a delicious spicy Andhra chicken fry made with a special vepudu masala and served with hot steamed rice, chapatti, roti & dosa.

Ingredients 

To Cook Chicken 

Boneless Chicken - 1 kg

Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp 

Salt - little 

Water - very little 

For Chilli Paste 

Dry Red Chilli - 20

Hot Water - 1 Cup 

For Chicken Curry 

Ghee - 1 tbsp 

Finely Chopped Onion - 2 Cups | 2 Big 

Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 tsp 

Chopped Tomato - 1 (medium)

Salt to taste 

Garam Masala -  1 tsp 

Chilli Powder - 1 tsp 

Coriander Powder - 2 tsp 

Lemon - 1/2 

Salt - little 

To Temper 

Ghee - 1 tbsp 

Dry Red Chilli - 4

Cashew & Almonds - few

Curry Leaves - few 

Method 

For Chilli Paste 

Take a bowl, add dry red chillies and put some hot water. Let soak it for 10 to 15 minutes. Then grind it as fine paste and keep aside.

To Cook Chicken 

Heat a pan/kadai, add little water along with turmeric powder, salt along with chicken pieces and mix well. Then cook it for 5 to 10 minutes.

For Chicken Curry 

Heat a Pan, melt ghee. Add chopped onions, fry until it color changes. 

Add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes and cook until it becomes mushy.

Add this onion tomato masala into boiled chicken curry.

Now add garam masala, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and mix everything well. Add ground chilli paste and mix well.

Add ghee and give a nice mix. Let’s cook for 5 more minutes. 

In a pan, melt ghee. Add dry red chilli, curry leaves, cashew nuts and almonds and fry for few seconds.

Transfer the tempering to chicken curry and squeeze juice from lemon and add it. Then give a mix and switch off the flame .

Serve hot with steamed white rice, chapatti or roti.