Kerala

Kozhi mappas

Name: Kozhi mappas
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Syrian Christian
Ingredients: 750 g curry cut chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 2 tbsp coconut oil; 1 inch cinnamon 3 cloves, 2 cardamom whole spices; 2 medium sliced onion; 1 inch julienned ginger; 6 cloves sliced garlic; 4 slit green chilli; 2 sprigs curry leaves; 1 1/2 tbsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 3/4 tsp powdered black pepper; 3/4 tsp garam masala; 1 large cubed potato; 1 2/3 cups thin coconut milk; 2/3 cup thick coconut milk

Chicken in a coconut milk gravy so mellow it practically hums. Appam's favourite partner.

50 minTime

40 gProtein each

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Make it your way

Grandma's wayWhole spices, soft potatoes and two pressings of coconut milk.

The original

592kcal

40 gprotein

6 gfibre

50minutes

Kozhi mappas as Syrian Christian homes make it.

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

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Saltto taste

Coconut oil2 tbsp

Whole spices2.5 cm cinnamon, 3 cloves, 2 cardamom

Onion2 medium, sliced

Ginger2.5 cm, julienned

Garlic6 cloves, sliced

Green chilli4, slit

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1½ tbsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Black pepper¾ tsp, powdered

Garam masala¾ tsp

Potato1 large, cubed

Thin coconut milk1⅔ cups

Thick coconut milk⅔ cup

Method

5 steps

1Heat the coconut oil, fry the whole spices for a few seconds, then add onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves. Fry on medium until soft and light golden.
2Lower the heat and stir in the coriander, chilli, pepper and garam masala for a minute.
3Add the chicken, turmeric and salt and toss until the chicken turns opaque on the outside.
4Add the potatoes and thin coconut milk, cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked through with no pink near the bone and the potatoes are tender.
5Turn the heat to low, stir in the thick coconut milk and heat until steaming. Do not boil. Add a few curry leaves, cover and rest for 10 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve in a wide bowl with potato pieces on top and warm appam or idiyappam on the side.

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