CHICKEN CHUKKA RECIPE |
STARTUP COOKING
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.
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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
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