Thenga Paal Chicken Varattiyathu (Chicken Roast cooked in Coconut Milk)

 

Ingredients

• Chicken - 500 gm
• Green chilly - 2
• Onion - 1.5 cup (thinly sliced)
• Garam Masala powder - 1/2  tsp
• Coconut Milk - 1cup
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 4-5 tbsp
• Curry Leaves 

To marinate

• Ginger - 1tbsp chopped
• Garlic - 1tbsp chopped
• Green chilli - 4 slit into 2
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 1/4  tsp
• Vinegar - 1.5 tbsp
• Salt - To taste
• Curry Leave - a handful

Method

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with ingredients in "To marinate" section  and keep for at least  2 hours.
2. In a kadai add the marinated chicken pieces  along with 1 cup coconut milk.Cover and cook till  3/4 th done.
3. Meanwhile in a wide bottomed pan add oil. Fry onions till brown, followed by green chilli, curry leaves and cashews separately and keep aside.
4. In the same pan  add the chicken pieces alone excluding the gravy and fry till both sides are evenly brown.
5. Once chicken pieces are evenly browned add the gravy along with fried onions, curry leaves and green chili and mix well.
6. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes in low flame till the masala is well coated in the chicken and turn dark brown. Keep stirring in between.
7. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp garam masala powder on top.
8. Garnish with fried cashews .
9. Serve hot with rice, appam, pulao, chapathi etc.

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Asha