Pallipalayam chicken
Pallipalayam chicken, from above
Non vegTamil Nadu

Pallipalayam chicken

Just shallots, coconut slivers and dried red chillies. Kongu cooking proves less is more.

35 minTime
30 gProtein each
hotSpice
Erode's chicken fry2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCoconut oil, broken chillies, shallots and nothing else.
The original
321kcalsame
30 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
35minutessame

Pallipalayam chicken as Erode makes it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken, boneless500 g boneless, small pieces
Shallots15, halved
Dried red chilli8 to 10, broken
Fresh grated coconut⅓ cup, thin slivers or grated
Garlic6 cloves, crushed
Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp
Coconut oil3 tbsp
Mustard seeds½ tsp
Curry leaves3 sprigs
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Rub chicken with turmeric and salt and keep aside 10 minutes.
  2. 2Heat coconut oil, splutter mustard, add curry leaves, broken red chillies and garlic. Fry until the chillies darken slightly.
  3. 3Add shallots and saute until soft and translucent.
  4. 4Add chicken, cook covered until done, then uncover and fry until dry. Add coconut and roast 3 more minutes.
Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

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What goes with Pallipalayam chicken: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Arisi paruppu sadam30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Mor kuzhambu35 min
With a main Kambu koozh40 min
To drink Nannari sarbat10 min
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