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Chicken Chettinad.

You can have Chicken Chettinad using 24 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Chettinad

1. It's 700 gms of chicken.
2. Prepare 1-2 of onion.
3. You need 1 tsp of garlic paste.
4. You need 1 tbsp of ginger paste.
5. It's 1 tsp of black pepper powder.
6. It's 7-8 of whole black peppercorns.
7. It's 4 of green cardamoms.
8. You need 1 of small stick cinnamon.
9. It's 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of jeera/cumin.
11. It's 1 tbsp of crispy roasted curry leaves.
12. You need 2 tbsp of curd.
13. You need 2 tbsp of tomato puree.
14. You need 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves.
15. You need 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
16. You need 1 tsp of coriander seeds.
17. You need 1 tsp of poppy or sesame seeds.
18. It's 1 tbsp of kitchen king masala.
19. Prepare 2 tbsp of dessicated or fresh coconut.
20. You need 2 of dry red chillies.
21. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
22. You need 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
23. You need To taste of salt.
24. It's 3 tbsp of refined oil.

Chicken Chettinad instructions

1. Marinate chicken with curd and little salt for an hour.Meanwhile roast the dry masalas like fennel,coriander seeds,poppy or sesame seeds and when cool grind and set aside..
2. Heat oil in a wok and fry 2 dry red chillies and set aside.Sprinkle mustard seeds and jeera. When they splutter add half crushed whole garam masala and black peppercorns.Then fry the chopped onion light brown.Meanwhile make a paste of 1 tsp chopped onion,ginger garlic paste alongwith dry roasted ground masala and tomato puree..
3. Add this masala to the frying onions and toss.Add the marinated chicken and toss.Add turmeric and red chilli powder.Adjust the amount of chilli powder according to taste.Add salt and toss on low flame.Add coconut and fry till oil leaves sides..
4. The chicken releases water so little water may be needed to cook till soft.Cook on low flame till done.Sprinkle crispy fried curry leaves and toss.Garnish with chopped coriander and dry red chillies.Serve with dosa,appam,roti or jeera rice..