Varutharaicha Kozhi Masala | Varutharaicha Chicken Curry

This is yummy and tasty Varutharaicha chicken curry recipe. In this dish, some of the ingredients are roasted well and grind along with coconut. Chicken is marinated in ground masala and roasted well with onion tomato masala.

This goes very well with streamed white rice, biryani, fried rice, etc…

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 Ingredients

For Ground Masala

Sesame Oil - little

Bay Leaf - 1

Star Anise - 1

Cloves - 4

Cinnamon Sticks - 2 inch

Poppy Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp

Peppercorn - 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilly - 6

Curry Leaves - few

Garlic - 10 pods

Ginger - 4 pieces

Grated Coconut - 1/2 Cup

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilly Powder - 1 tsp

Coriander Powder - 1 tsp

To Grind 

Roasted Ingredients

Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp

Water - little

Salt to taste

To Marinade

Chicken Leg Pieces (Cleaned & Slits) - 6

Ground Masala

Go Temper

Sesame Oil - little

Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp

Peppercorn - 1/2 tsp

Chopped Garlic - 3

Curry Leaves - few

For Chicken Curry

Sliced Onion - 1

Salt - little

Tomato - 1

Method

For Varutharaicha Masala

Heat little oil in a pan. Add bay leaf, star anise, cloves, cinnamon sticks, poppy seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, peppercorn, dry red chilly and curry leaves. Then fry everything for about 1 minute.

After that add garlic, ginger pieces and grated coconut. Fry for about 3 to 4 minutes.

 

Now add ground turmeric, chilly , coriander powder and required salt the sauté it for a minute.

Turn off heat, let’s cool it down completely . 

Once it done, transfer this into mixer jar. Add lemon juice and little water then grind it as fine paste and keep aside.

For Chicken Marination

In a mixing bowl, add the ground masala. 

Take a chicken pieces one by one and marinade well with masala. 

Refrigerate this chicken for about 20 - 30 minutes.

For Chicken Curry

Heat sesame oil in a pan. Add fennel seeds, peppercorn, chopped garlic and curry leaves. Fry everything for a minute.

Add sliced onion along with required salt. 

Fry onion until gets golden brown color.

Add chopped tomato and fry until it becomes mushy.

Now add the marinated chicken pieces one by one and fry well.

Add chopped coriander leaves and sesame oil then cover and close lid, keep cooking.

Sesame oil is used to prepare this chicken curry. Flip the chicken pieces and keep cook until it becomes soft and juicy.

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Cook until the chicken becomes thickens and dry.

Once it done, serve this yummy chicken curry with steamed rice.