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Spicy Chicken Curry -Kerala Style

Posted by Annita on November 7, 2006

This is my husband’s favorite chicken curry ,and of course its my mother-in-law’s style of preparation.This is a very simple recipe,and tastes great with appams,idiappams etc.

Spicy Chicken Curry
Chicken Curry – Kallappam

Here it goes…

Ingredients:-

Chicken with bones cut into small pieces – 1/2 kg
Chopped onion – 2
Ginger-Garlic paste – 2 tsp
Green Chillies – 5
Curry leaves – a sprig
Sliced Tomatoes – 1

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Chicken Masala powder/garam masala powder – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste
Oil – as needed

Method:-

Heat oil in a pan,saute onions first,then add ginger-garlic paste,green chillies,salt and curry leaves.Saute it until onions turn brown.Add in all the powders and fry it for few minutes.Throw in tomato slices and continue sauting till the masala is well browned and oil starts to seperate.Add chicken pieces and stir well for few minutes,and then add half cup of water,cover it and allow the chicken pieces to cook well.Add more water if needed.
Simmer it for 5 more minutes.

28 Responses to “Spicy Chicken Curry -Kerala Style”

  1. Rashmi said

    Nice and simple chicken curry.Thanks for the recipe

  2. Annu said

    Annita,
    This is a lovely recipe, had a very novice query, can we use boneless chicken in place of chicken with bone… ?? I am kinda new to non vegetarian cooking and for me .. Yours and Malluspice’s blog are kind of tutorials. So thanks and keep up the good work.

    Thanks Annu,traditionally,it is prepared with boned chicken…U can try with boneless too..
    Annita

  3. Hi Anita
    I made this today and it was a super hit!
    Thank you so much.
    I love simple curries like this.SO YUMMY!

    I’m really happy to hear that u liked it,Maya…
    Thanks for letting me know abt that
    Annita

  4. Helen said

    Hi,
    I am going to try this recipe soon and I have to buy the ingredients first. Is this dish very spicy? If so, what can I do to have mild flavor? Am I able to get ginger-garlic paste in the Indian grocery store? Thanks!

    No,its not too spicy..and you can get ginger-garlic paste in almsot all Indian grocery stores
    Annita

  5. Francis Rozario said

    Think the coconut milk is missing, well I’m goingto try it anyway.
    I love my curries real spicy, I grind my cloves, aniseed and Cinnamon addit tio my ground chillies and corriander, with lots of onions garlic and ginger and a little more of curry leaves, added pepper and chilli to give it the kick, goes well with everything including the scotch (whisky) uess that’s very Malayalee too.

    i purposly avoided coconut milk,Francis…just to amke it more spicy..My husband is not a great fan of coconut milk based dishes…
    Annita

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  7. Kirthi said

    Hi Annita

    A truly wonderful recipe! Tried it and loved it.

  8. rintu said

    The curry is so simple and it can be mad easily at the earliest……

  9. Baskaran said

    Please advise whether itis possible to substitute rice flour cooked in place of cooked rice
    Thanks
    Baskaran
    Yes Bhaskaran,you can do that too..
    Annita

  10. Nita said

    Tried this curry recipe today..Had it with parotta..wuz absolutely yumm n really simple:) Thnx a bunch

  11. Maria said

    Hi Anita,

    I am goin to try this recipe out for my mom-in-law’s B’day. This is easy and quick. I wanted to ask if I make it with 1Kg Chicken should I double all the ingredients?

    Anyway I am goin to try this out Thanks

    You can double it ,Maria…But always check on the spice level…
    Annita

  12. Pramod said

    Hi Anita,

    Best way to prepare chicken for unmarried lazy guys.

    Pramod

    Yeah..u r right..:))
    Annita

  13. Abhisha Roshan said

    Hi Anita
    Thanks for the recipe. I ws just looking out for an easy chicken recipe .. that too without coconut milk… urs is the apt package for me. In the morning when i was abt to leave for the office my hubbie told he need chicken curry today. Since i am new to this cooking field i was searching for an easy recipe n ya i got it frm u..Thankzzz…. Let me impress my hubbie with this….

  14. Deepa said

    Hi Anita,

    Nice recipe….i made it yesterday.. i was making chicken for the first time without my mothers help.. and it turned out to be great..

  15. rasnatharak said

    hi ,anitha
    thanks for the recipe i gonna make the chicken curry today thanks alaot

  16. radhika said

    hi annita,
    coconut water mixed with a pinch of sugar kept overnight in warm temperature gives a toddy effect the next day

  17. Anoop said

    kollam .. it was easy and smooth going .. and the end result was really nice .. given the skill of the chef ;-) .. a bachelor’s praise may be one that may be discarded but .. the colour and flavour is great and reminds me of my ammachi’s preperations ..

    - Anoop

  18. raj said

    i read comments i am going to cook today

  19. nazreena 27 said

    curry powder 15 tablespoons chilly powder 8 tablespoons almonds and cashews paste grinded in blender 15 tablespoons milk 4 cups coconuts milk 2 cups coconut paste 25 tablespoons onion and garlic paste 12 tablespoons boneless chicken 2 kg cumin powder 5 tablespoons fennel powder 5 tablespoons tomatoe puree

  20. Saritha said

    Could you plz post a recipe on how to make ”Kallappam”?

    Its already in the blog..
    Annita

  21. joyse said

    gr8 recipe annita.i tried it .lovely dry spicy chicken.loved it

    Thank you Joyse
    Annita

  22. Deepa said

    Hi anitha,good one.At the end put 2,3 cloves also before removing from gas…Its more yammy

  23. michael said

    hee hee oww!!!!

    very very tasty,

    mj

  24. Prem said

    hey anitha….i just cant believe this…no words…this is unbelievable. I have never tried sucha a simple and spicy chicken curry even though i am a great chef..thanks for your valuable recipe…recommended recipe…everyone try this…great for people who love NADAN SPICY KOZHI CURRY..!!! OH MY GOD….

  25. Prem said

    nice recipe miss annita. easy to cook and delicious. thanks

  26. seemasijo said

    hi,

    i tried this receipe yesterday ,it was so tasty and we enjoyed it ,thank you

  27. partha randhir said

    dear anitha

    i am a student n really love cooking, i new to non veg and really wanted to make a simple n spicy recipe. thats when i bumped into your recipe n tried it..it was really delicious n every one loved i also took the liberty of adding more chillies n spice it really came out very well
    i want to know if i could use cardamon cinamon n bay leaf for aroma n flavours ..????

    thank u

  28. Aussie_Tony said

    I am a beginner to cooking authentic curries.

    Silly question time! Are the chillies used whole or chopped. If chopped with or without seeds. Long or short?

    My wife and I do not like too much chillie and always get confused on which are the hotter ones etc so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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