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Chicken Chukka is a very delicious, flavorful and aromatic dish where chicken is cooked in dry form in oil without adding any water. 

Chukka is usually made with mutton, here i made with chicken for a change. Here chukka is prepared with boneless chicken, especially the chicken breast as it is very tender and easy to cook and it can be prepared under 30 minutes.

Chicken chukka is a dry curry that originates from Tamil Nadu, India. The key ingredient and the stand out flavour of any authentic chukka recipe are fresh curry leaves. Chicken chukka needs a minimal amount of whole spices, red chilli, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods, which tastes fantastic when prepared with chicken.

These are flavorful, delicious and taste great when served as starters or paired up with sambar rice, rasam rice, etc., Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Easy Chicken Chukka. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Try my other Non Veg Starters 

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• Kerala fried prawn

• Pallipalayam chicken fry

• Mutton chukka

• Andhra style prawn fry

• Kerala mutton roast

• Tawa chicken

• Prawn ghee pepper roast

• Salmon fish fry

• Mutton liver fry

• Pomfret fish fry

• Chilli garlic prawns

• Chicken nuggets

RECIPE FOR CHICKEN CHUKKA

Coarse        : Starters / Appetizers 

Cuisine       : South Indian

Author        : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time   : 5 min

Cook Time  : 25 min

Total Time  : 30 min

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INGREDIENTS

To Grind

• 4 red chilli

• 2 tbsp coriander seeds

• 4 cardamom pods

• 3 inch cinnamon stick

• 5 cloves

• 1 tsp cumin seeds

• 1 cup coriander leaves

• 2 green chilli

For Marination

• 500 g chicken - boneless

• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

• 2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

For Chukka

• 2 tbsp sesame oil

• 2 spring curry leaves - splitted

• 1 large onion - thinly sliced

• salt to taste

• 1 tsp black pepper powder

• 1/2 cup coriander leaves - chopped

• 1 spring curry leaves - for garnish

• lemon slices - for garnish

PROCEDURE

• in a mixer grinder, add red chilli, coriander seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom pods and cumin seeds

• grind to a fine powder

• in to that, add coriander leaves and green chilli

• add little water and grind to a fine smooth paste

• in a mixing bowl, add freshly, cleaned boneless chicken, followed by ground paste, ginger garlic paste and kashmiri red chilli powder

• mix well and rest the bowl for 30 minutes in refrigerator

• heat oil in a cast iron pan

• temper with curry leaves and saute for few seconds until it turns crisp

• add thinly sliced onion

• saute well until it turns translucent 

• add marinated chicken pieces and salt

• mix well

• cover and cook in low flame for 15 minutes (chicken starts to release the water ), stir occasionally.

• cover and cook again on low flame for another 10 minutes

• add black pepper powder and curry leaves

• mix well and stir occasionally

• cook on high flame for 2 minutes

• add chopped coriander leaves

• mix well

• serve hot with sambar rice, rasam rice, etc.,

NOTES

• adjust spice level according to your taste
• use boneless chicken for quick cooking
• don't replace sesame oil 
• add more fresh curry leaves for extra flavor

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Chicken Chukka With Step By Step Photo Recipe

in a mixer grinder, add cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and red chilli

grind to a fine powder

add coriander leaves and green chilli

add little water and grind to a fine smooth paste

in a mixing bowl, add fresh boneless chicken pieces

add ginger garlic paste and ground masala paste

mix well

add kashmiri red chilli powder

mix well and rest for 30 minutes in refrigerator 

heat oil in a pan, temper with curry leaves

add thinly sliced onion

saute well until translucent

add marinated chicken pieces and salt

mix well

cover and cook on low flame for 15 minutes

water starts to release the water

mix well and cook again for another 15 minutes

add pepper powder and curry leaves

mix well and cook on high flame for 2 minutes

add freshly chopped coriander leaves

mix well and serve hot

Chicken Chukka / Chicken Sukka