Tamil Nadu

Chicken chintamani

Name: Chicken chintamani
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kongu
Ingredients: 750 g curry cut, bone in chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 3 1/2 tbsp gingelly oil sesame oil; 12 to 15 round red chillies broken dried red chilli; 2 sprigs curry leaves; Shallots, about 25, peeled and halved; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 cup only if needed water

Erode's fiery chicken: shallots, red chillies, gingelly oil. No tomato, no apologies.

45 minTime

38 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

451kcal

38 gprotein

3 gfibre

45minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)750 g, curry cut, bone in

Sesame oil3½ tbsp gingelly oil

Dried red chilli12 to 15 round red chillies, broken

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Shallotsabout 25, peeled and halved

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Salt1½ tsp

Water¼ cup, only if needed

Method

5 steps

1Heat the gingelly oil in a heavy kadai and fry the broken red chillies on low heat until they darken. Add the curry leaves.
2Add the shallots and fry on medium until soft and golden.
3Add the chicken, turmeric and salt and toss on high heat until the chicken looks white all over.
4Cover and cook on low heat, stirring now and then, until the chicken is tender and cooked through. Add a splash of water only if it sticks.
5Uncover and roast on medium until the oil separates and the chicken is coated and glossy.

Serve it like this

Serve hot with steamed rice and rasam, or with parotta, with sliced onion and lemon on the side.

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Chicken chintamani

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