Inspired by the everyday recipe from Maharashtra shared by almost all my blogger buddies.
Recipe Tags
Non-veg
Medium
Dinner Party
Maharashtra
Sauteeing
Main Dish
Ingredients Serving: 4
Chicken: 600 gms
Onions: 2 medium red onions
Garlic paste: 1 tsp
Ginger paste: 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Oil: 4 tbsp+1tbsp
Salt: as per taste
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri red chili powder: optional (I have not used)
For the spice paste
Coconut: freshly scraped 5 tbsp
Onion: 1 big
Cumin seeds: 1/3 tsp
Coriander seeds: 1 tsp
Dry red chillies: 2 (adjust as per taste)
Poppy seeds: 1/2 tsp
Peppercorns: 5-6
Cinnamon: a small piece
Cloves: 2
Kokum: 3/4 or a marble size ball of tamarind
Instructions
Wash and drain the chicken properly. Mix with ginger garlic paste, pinch of salt and lemon juice. Cover and keep aside.
Slice the 2 onions very finely.
Heat a heavy bottom pan and add 1 tbsp oil in it. Saute half of the onion on medium flame till it turns translucent (6-8 minutes). Add the coconut and poppy seeds.
Fry till the coconut takes on a light golden colour and gives out a nutty aroma. Add the cumin, coriander, red chillies, cinnamon, cloves, kokum and peppercorns.
Fry till the cumin and coriander start to pop. Do not burn them or your dish will be ruined with a bitter burnt taste.
Cool this and grind to a fine paste with little water.
Heat the rest of the oil and temper with curry leaves. Add the onion and fry till they turn golden. Add the chicken with all the marinade, salt and turmeric. Cook on low till you see the oil starts to separate at the sides.
Mine takes at least 15 minutes as I use fresh chicken and that leaves a lot of juice. This part is known as Kashano in Bengali and we consider it the most important part of cooking chicken curry.
We cover and let the juice come out on low flame then we brown the chicken by gently stirring it from time to time.
Once this is done, add the prepared paste. Mix and let the flavours mingle. Do a taste test and adjust seasoning if needed. After a couple of minutes add 1/2 cup of warm water and cover it.
Let it cook on slow flame for the water to absorb and the chicken to get all the flavours from the spices. The dish should be dry with oil oozing out from the sides.
Serve hot with steamed white rice or roti.
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Wash and drain the chicken properly. Mix with ginger garlic paste, pinch of salt and lemon juice. Cover and keep aside.
Slice the 2 onions very finely.
Heat a heavy bottom pan and add 1 tbsp oil in it. Saute half of the onion on medium flame till it turns translucent (6-8 minutes). Add the coconut and poppy seeds.
Fry till the coconut takes on a light golden colour and gives out a nutty aroma. Add the cumin, coriander, red chillies, cinnamon, cloves, kokum and peppercorns.
Fry till the cumin and coriander start to pop. Do not burn them or your dish will be ruined with a bitter burnt taste.
Cool this and grind to a fine paste with little water.
Heat the rest of the oil and temper with curry leaves. Add the onion and fry till they turn golden. Add the chicken with all the marinade, salt and turmeric. Cook on low till you see the oil starts to separate at the sides.
Mine takes at least 15 minutes as I use fresh chicken and that leaves a lot of juice. This part is known as Kashano in Bengali and we consider it the most important part of cooking chicken curry.
We cover and let the juice come out on low flame then we brown the chicken by gently stirring it from time to time.
Once this is done, add the prepared paste. Mix and let the flavours mingle. Do a taste test and adjust seasoning if needed. After a couple of minutes add 1/2 cup of warm water and cover it.
Let it cook on slow flame for the water to absorb and the chicken to get all the flavours from the spices. The dish should be dry with oil oozing out from the sides.
Serve hot with steamed white rice or roti.
INGREDIENTS
SERVING: 4
Chicken: 600 gms
Onions: 2 medium red onions
Garlic paste: 1 tsp
Ginger paste: 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Oil: 4 tbsp+1tbsp
Salt: as per taste
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri red chili powder: optional (I have not used)
For the spice paste
Coconut: freshly scraped 5 tbsp
Onion: 1 big
Cumin seeds: 1/3 tsp
Coriander seeds: 1 tsp
Dry red chillies: 2 (adjust as per taste)
Poppy seeds: 1/2 tsp
Peppercorns: 5-6
Cinnamon: a small piece
Cloves: 2
Kokum: 3/4 or a marble size ball of tamarind
Chicken Sukka - Reviews
Recent Reviews
4.3
3 Reviews
Apr-11-2016
chicken sukka is really an amazing dish that every non-veg lover should try :D
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