Konkan Chicken Curry

Konkani Chicken:

Chicken Konkani. Konkan Chicken. Coriander Chicken Curry. Kothumalli – Kozhi. Koti Kothimir. Malli Chicken Curry. Malli Kozhi Kuzhambu. Malli Kozhi Curry. Cilantro Chicken. Chicken Cilantro Curry.

My friend Rubanya told me about this dish. She called it ‘Malli Kozhi Curry’ in Tamil. I never knew before that, they call ‘coriander as malli’ in Tamil. How dumb am I. I have cooked this plenty of time after that. Only variation is….she used mustard and cumin alone for seasoning & no mint there. While…..my brother told me all about ‘Konkani Chicken’ where all were similar except the seasoning and little bit mint here. For my own version…..I used curd here, it turned out great. So…..why don’t you try now!

Ingredients:

Chicken ¾ kilo – bone-in & Skin-on.
Whole black pepper ½ spoon
Cumin seeds 1 spoon
Cinnamon sticks 3
Cloves 3
Cardamom pods 3 semi crushed
Bay leaves 2
Onion 1 large thinly sliced
Ginger paste 1 spoon
Garlic paste 1 spoon
Tomato 1 chopped
Yogurt/curd 1 cup
Green chilies 6 – made into paste
Coriander leaves alone(without stem) nearly 3 cups – made into paste
Mint leaves few – made into paste
Salt
Turmeric powder ¼ spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Oil ¼ cup.
Chopped Coriander leaves few – for decoration


Method:

In a large and deep bottomed vessel….heat oil. Add pepper and cumin, allow it to splutter. Then add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaves. Fry for a while.

Now add sliced onions and fry till it turns to golden color. Then followed by ginger + garlic paste. Fry them real good….maybe till their raw smell leaves.

Add curd and tomatoes and fry them too. Add salt, turmeric and chili powder. Saute them for few minutes.

When oil shows up on sides, add chicken and fry till it turns opaque.

Run the green paste over this now(green chilies + coriander + mint) Add 2 cups of water too. Cover and cook for 20-30 minutes. Or until chicken is done soft…..and gravy thickens with oil on top.

Maybe one can garnish with chopped coriander again.

Serve warm with rotis, polkas, chappathis or rice.