Nadan Kozhi varattiyathu

Hmm... This is one of my most liked chicken dish ever. It is made in traditional kerala style and it takes little  time and effort to make this delicacy. But believe me, for this taste, even one full day work in kitchen is worth. Don't worry friends, you can make this superb chicken dish in less than 1 hour.

If you can get local chicken, it is ideal to prepare this dish but broiler chicken can also be tried if nadan (local) chicken is unavailable in your place.

Ingrediants:

1. Local chicken in medium size pieces- 1 kg
2. Onion- 6, chopped nicely.
3. Green chillis- 6, split
4. Ginger- 2 inch pc crushed
5. Tomato- 4 nos chopped fine
6. Garlic- 16 cloves crushed
7.Turmeric powder- 2 tea spoon
8. Red chilli powder- 2 tea spoon
9. Cardamom- 6 nos crushed
10. Jathikka (nutmeg)- 1/2 pc
11. Jathipatri (mace)- 2g
12. Whole cumin- 1/2 tea spoon
13.Coriander leaves, Mint leaves and Curry leaves- Chopped 2 table spoon
14. Dalda (hydrogenated veg oil)/ Ghee- 2 table spoon
15. Coconut- 2 table spoons, sliced to thin pieces

Preparation

1. Wash chicken pieces and marinate with turmeric powder and salt. Keep it for 30 minutes.
2. Heat Ghee in a large fry pan and fry onions till golden brown.
3. Add green chillis, ginger and cloves and saute till a nice fragrance come. Add chopped leaves and coconut pieces.
4. Grind cardamom, nutmeg, mace and whole cumin to make a powder.
5. Add the ground powder and red chilli powder in the fry pan and saute for 4 minutes.
6. Add chicken pieces and tomatoes and mix well.
9. Close the lid and cook in low heat. Open the lid occasionally and saute to avoid sticking in the pan. Water is not added in this preparation and the gravy is formed from the drained water from chicken.
10. Saute until the chicken pieces become slightly brown and the oil separates from the thick gravy.

Wow... at last it is done. You can feel that distinguish fragrance of chicken and spices... Hmm.. get ready to enjoy this dish with steam rice, roti, dosa or anything you like.