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Telangana kodi kura
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Non vegTelangana

Telangana kodi kura

A Sunday chicken curry with roasted coconut and poppy seeds. Telangana does heat with confidence.

70 minTime
39 gProtein each
hotSpice
The Sunday chicken curry3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
502kcal
39 gprotein
6 gfibre
70minutes

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

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)750 g, curry cut
Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 heaped tbsp
Ginger garlic paste2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)¼ cup dry coconut
Poppy seeds (white poppy seeds)1 tbsp gasagasalu
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3½ tbsp
Whole spices2 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon, 2 cardamom
Onion2 large, finely chopped
Green chilli2, slit
Curry leaves1 sprig
Tomato1 large, chopped
Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tbsp
Garam masala1 tsp
Waterabout 1 1/4 cups
Mint leavesa few leaves
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped

Method

7 steps
  1. 1Rub the chicken with turmeric, half the chilli powder, half the ginger garlic paste and salt. Rest for 30 minutes.
  2. 2Dry roast the dry coconut and poppy seeds on low heat, then grind with a little water to a smooth paste.
  3. 3Heat oil, crackle the whole spices, then fry the onions with green chilli and curry leaves on medium until deep golden.
  4. 4Add the rest of the ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes. Add tomato, remaining chilli powder and coriander powder and cook until soft.
  5. 5Add the chicken and fry on high for a few minutes, then cover and cook on medium, stirring now and then.
  6. 6Stir in the coconut poppy paste and water. Simmer covered until the chicken is cooked through with no pink near the bone and the gravy is thick.
  7. 7Sprinkle garam masala, mint and coriander. Rest 5 minutes and serve with rice or rotte.
Serve it like this

Serve in a deep bowl with plenty of gravy, scattered with coriander, beside hot rice or a stack of jonna rotte.

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On the side Bagara baingan50 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
Something sweet Qubani ka meetha45 min
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