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Thenga Aracha Chicken Curry / Chicken Cooked in Coconut Paste
Published on March 30, 2015

Ingredients:
1/2 kg chicken, cut into pieces
2 big onions, chopped
2 big tomatoes, chopped
2 green chillies, slit
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 cup grated coconut
11/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 cloves
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
few curry leaves
salt to taste
oil
Preparation:
- Cut and clean chicken into pieces.
- Grind grated coconut to a smooth paste adding little water and keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion, green chillies, cloves and cardamom powder and saute well till transparent.
- Add ginger paste and garlic paste and saute well. Add chopped tomatoes and saute till soft.
- Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, cumin seeds, curry leaves and salt and saute well.
- Then add ground coconut paste, cleaned chicken pieces and 1 cup of water and mix well. Cook covered for about 15-20 minutes in medium flame until the chicken is cooked.
- Remove from flame and serve hot with ghee rice, pathiri, chapati .....
Recipe from Non Vegetarian Vibhavangal
Thenga Aracha Chicken Curry / Chicken Cooked in Coconut Paste
By
Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
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Indian,Kerala
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Ingredients
- 1/2 kg chicken, cut into pieces
- 2 big onions, chopped
- 2 big tomatoes, chopped
- 2 green chillies, slit
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 cloves
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- few curry leaves
- salt to taste
- oil
Instructions
- 1Cut and clean chicken into pieces.
- 2Grind grated coconut to a smooth paste adding little water and keep it aside.
- 3Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion, green chillies, cloves, and cardamom powder and sauté well till transparent.
- 4Add ginger paste and garlic paste and sauté well. Add chopped tomatoes and sauté till soft.
- 5Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, cumin seeds, curry leaves, and salt and sauté well.
- 6Then add ground coconut paste, cleaned chicken pieces, and 1 cup of water and mix well. Cook covered for about 15-20 minutes on medium flame until the chicken is cooked.
- 7Remove from flame and serve hot with ghee rice, pathiri, or chapati.
Description
A flavorful and traditional Kerala style thenga aracha chicken curry made with a coconut-based gravy, aromatic spices, and tender chicken pieces. Perfect to pair with ghee rice, pathiri, or chapati.