Coconut Chicken Curry Recipe - Indian Style

(Updated Version)

Is Indian food Kerala food? Is Kerala cuisine also Indian cuisine? While you ponder, let’s get to the recipe. It’s a Kerala Indian coconut chicken curry (AUTHENTIC INDIAN CHICKEN CURRIES). How can a Kerala chicken curry be complete without coconut milk and a blend of spices for that punchy, spicy, and creamy thick curry with tender chicken pieces? Get your place of rice and a raw salad (BEST INDIAN NO COOK SALADS) and picture pouring Coconut Chicken Curry and enjoying it with your fingers and hands. Oh-Wow! 

Ingredients

¾ kg chicken (inclusive of wings, feet, and bones) – cut into bite pieces, marinate with ¾ tbsp turmeric powder.

1 tbsp garlic paste

½ tbsp ginger paste

Spices - cinnamon, star anise, and cloves

A few dried red chilies

1 large red onion – chopped

A handful of curry leaves

2 tomatoes – sliced

1 tbsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tbsp crushed black pepper

1/2 cup water

2 cups thick coconut milk

2 tbsp coconut oil

Salt, to taste

Method

Heat oil and add ginger paste, garlic paste, spices, chillies, onion and curry leaves. 

Saute until fragrant.

Add chicken, tomatoes, coriander powder, cumin powder, and crushed black pepper. 

Stir everything together. 

Pour water in and let the curry simmer gently.

As the curry slowly simmers, add coconut milk, along with salt. 

Continue simmering until the chicken is cooked to a texture you prefer.