Nilgiri Chicken Curry

 This is a tasty, simple and yummy chicken curry. In this dish, chicken is marinated well with ground masala ( Nilgiri Chicken Masala) and sautéed with onion tomato masala along with some Indian spices. 

It goes very well with roti, chapatti, naan, ghee Rice and pulav, etc.

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Ingredients 

For Marination 

Chicken - 1/2 kg

Curd - 1/2 Cup

Salt to taste 

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp 

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp 

For Chicken Curry 

Sliced Onion - 2

Tomato - 1

For Ground Masala 

Green Chilly - 4 ( based on your spice)

Chopped Ginger - 2 pieces 

Peeled Garlic - 5 pods

Grated Coconut - 1/2 Cup 

Mint Leaves - 1/3 Cup

Coriander Leaves - a bunch 

To Temper

Oil - little 

Cinnamon sticks - 1 

Cardamom - 2

Cloves - 4

Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp 

Mint Leaves - few

Coriander Leaves - few

Method 

Take a bowl. Add chicken, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, curd along with required salt. Mix well and refrigerate this for at least 1 hour.

     

In a blender add the ingredients one by one which are under labeled for “ ground masala “ and grind it as fine paste. Then keep it aside.       

In a bowl heat oil. Add cinnamon sticks, cardamom,  cloves, fennel seeds, mint leaves and coriander leaves . Sauté it for 30 seconds.                        

Add the sliced onions along with little salt. Fry the onions until color changes.

Then add the tomato pieces and fry until it becomes mushy.

                        

Once it done add the marinated chicken pieces and fry 3 to 4 minutes.                

Close lid and cook for about 5 minutes. 

Once it’s done, add the ground masala and sauté it for 1 to 2 mins. 

Add little water to the blender. And mix the water and add it into chicken.   

Sauté it for few minutes and close lid and keep cook for another 5 minutes.

                           

Once it done, serve with Parotta, chapatti, naan, ghee rice and Pulav, etc…