Chhetinad chicken masala. chettinad chicken masala Meanwhile, wash the chicken pieces and make some slits on the meaty portion. Add this to the cooking masala and toss to coat well. To make, this Chicken, whole spices are dry roasted and made into a coarse powder.
You can have Chhetinad chicken masala using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chhetinad chicken masala
- It’s 1/2 kg of Chicken.
- You need 2 of Bay leaves.
- It’s 1 spring of Curry leaves.
- Prepare 1 of Tomato, chopped.
- It’s 1 of Onion, sliced.
- You need 2 tsp of Ginger garlic paste.
- Prepare 3 of Green chilli chopped.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
- You need 1 tsp of Coriander powder.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Red chilli powder.
- You need 1 tsp of Lemon juice.
- It’s As per taste of Salt.
- You need For of Dry masala powder -.
- You need 1 of Cinnamon.
- You need 3 of Cardamom.
- You need 6 of Pepper corn.
- Prepare 3 of cloves.
- Prepare 1 of Star anise.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Fennel seeds.
- You need 1 tsp of Cumin seeds.
- It’s 2 tsp of Coriander seeds.
- Prepare 3-5 of Coconut pieces.
- It’s 3-4 of Dry Red chillies.
Chicken Chettinad is a very classic and very popluar Tamil Nadu recipe made with spices and coconut. I have heard a lot about it but when I tasted it then I realised why is this considered as unique. The fennel seeds adds the kick to the gravy. I often cook chicken delicacies every week for our kids and this time I tried Chettinad chicken masala from the blog Edible garden.
Chhetinad chicken masala instructions
Marinate chicken with red chilli powder, salt, turmeric, coriander powder, lemon juice for about 30 mins to 1 hour..
Prepare Chhetinad masala by dry roasting cinnamon, cardamom, pepper corn, cloves, star anise, mace, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, red dry chilli, coconut. Cool a bit and grind to a powder..
Heat oil in a pan, add Bay leaf, green chilli, curry leaves, sliced onion, ginger garlic paste, chopped tomato. Cook till oil leaves pan sides..
Then add the marinated chicken pieces, don't add any water as tomato and chicken both oozes out lot of water. Adjust salt..
When chicken half done, add the prepared Chhetinad masala as per your taste, cook further few mins..
Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve..
The recipe was easy to prepare and all my folks at home relished it…I dedicate this dish to my fb friend Pallavi Nayak as she is a very sweet. On a low flame dry roast coriander and dried red chilies first. When you smell the coriander seeds good, then add saunf, cumin, pepper corn, cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon. Rub the chicken pieces with the turmeric and salt. Chettinad Masala Powder Recipe, a flavourful traditional masala, that is made by dry roasting whole spices and grinding them to a fine powder.
