Chicken Kulambu/Curry

Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 kg
Small/ Madras Onions - 1/2 cup
tomato - 1
Green Chili - 2
Oil as required
Salt as required

To Fry:
Coconut - 1 cup
Cinnamon – 2
Cloves – 2
Cardamom – 1
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Dry Red Chili - 5
Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cashew - 5

Method:
1. Mix chicken with ginger garlic paste and cook in pan leaving 2 whistles
2. In a kadai add little oil and all the ingredients under 'to fry' and fry till coconut turns light brown in color. Cool this mixture and grind to smooth paste
3. In another kadai add oil fennel seeds, cumin seeds, onion, green chilies, curry leaves and cook till onions gets soft, then add tomatoes and salute
4. Add the grinded coconut paste, salt and cook till oil leaves side. Then add chicken and mix well
5. Add water as required and bring to boil, simmer and cook till the curry thickens
6. Garnish with coriander and curry leaves

Serve with rice or chapati