Chicken Kuzhambu it is finally 🙂 I always have small incidents associated with my props…Few months ago, when we visited Haribhavanam I saw cute varied sized buckets used for serving gravies. I loved them so much and wondered where do they get these A day later I saw the same buckets at Nilgiris I was overjoyed and immediately picked the smallest one and made this kuzhambu the next day and clicked it 🙂
As I’ve started exploring nonveg recipes, the first few on my list were all chicken recipes. When I was googling found this recipe quite interesting and it turned out super good .
Chicken Kuzhambu Recipe – Ingredients
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Reference : SpiceIndiaOnline
Chicken with bones – 1/2 kg
Onion (medium size) – 1
Small Onion – 10
Juicy tomato – 1
Ghee – 1 tsp
Red chili powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1/2 tbsp
Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – to taste
Coriander leaves – 1/2 tbsp chopped for garnish
Water – 1 cup
To temper:
Bay leaves – 1/2
Cinnamon – 1/2 inch
Cardamom – 1/2
Garlic cloves – 4 finely chopped
Ginger – 1/2 inchfinely chopped
Green chilli – 1 slitted
Curry leaves – few
Oil – 1 tbsp
To grind:
Fresh grated coconut – little less than 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts – 3
Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
Pepper corns – 1/2 tsp
Pottukadalai(Split roasted gram) – 3/4 tsp
Method:
- First grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ to a fine paste. Keep aside. Clean and wash chicken and keep it ready.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil + ghee and add the ingredients listed under ‘to temper’ and fry for 2mins then add onion and tomato.
- Fry well till raw smell of tomato leaves. Then add chicken with garam masala, red chilli and coriander powders.Fry well for 3-5mins, Add required salt and mix well.
- Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Once pressure releases, add the coconut paste.
- Mix well, simmer for 10mins and allow it to boil till oil seperates. Adjust salt at this stage. While switching off, garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve with hot steamed rice. Give atleast an hour of resting time. Enjoy it with rice for lunch and use the leftover with rotis for dinner, tastes best 🙂
My Notes:
- You can even add ginger garlic paste instead of chopped ginger and garlic.
- Adjust spice level to your taste, the above recipe is just medium spicy as it suits our family.
- The color of the curry depends purely on the red chilli variety used.
Reshmi Mahesh says
July 5, 2012 at 6:21 pmChicken kuzhambu looks very tempting…Love with chapathi…Loved the curry bucket…cute…
Paaka Shaale says
July 5, 2012 at 6:26 pmThat is indeed a very cute bucket!!! The curry looks very tempting. Great photography as usual 🙂
Ramya Bala says
July 5, 2012 at 6:44 pmChicken curry looks gr8 🙂 My chicken curry also has almost the same ingredients, except for that cashews..I add pottukadalai or sometimes only poppy seed for the thickness 🙂
ANU says
July 5, 2012 at 8:07 pmwow luv the cute bucket..that holds this awesome chicken curry! impressive 🙂
Shabitha Karthikeyan says
July 5, 2012 at 11:56 pmCute bucket Sharmi. Gravy looks very tempting !! Super clicks !!
runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com says
July 6, 2012 at 1:36 amA bucket full of delicious goodness..mouthwatering!
Madhu Pravin says
July 6, 2012 at 7:04 amHaribhavanam serves authentic chettinad dish n I jus love the Kal Dosai they serve there 🙂 one of my fav hangouts 🙂 yummy chicken kuzhambu n mouth-watering 🙂 lemme try n let u know 🙂
Valarmathi Sanjeev says
July 6, 2012 at 7:55 amThese type of props are great for indian food photography. Looks cute and the dish looks absolutely delicious.
Priya says
July 6, 2012 at 9:57 amMouthwatering here, wat a terrific and super tempting dish..
Nalini's Kitchen says
July 6, 2012 at 3:04 pmCute looking bucket,nice prop to take food picture.The chicken kulambhu looks tempting,we do make it almost the same way but use poppy seeds instead of pottukadalai…
Suja Manoj says
July 6, 2012 at 4:21 pmYummy chicken curry,so tempting and cute buckets..
M D says
July 6, 2012 at 4:41 pmBeautiful pics Sharmi!
Abraham Chacko says
July 6, 2012 at 5:07 pmYummy chicken curry
Sangeetha says
July 6, 2012 at 7:29 pmVery delicious chicken curry, i too make it almost the same way except the addition of cashew nuts, n also i add few chopped mint leaves before pressure cook…but it looks so tempting n yummy thru your camera/pictures 🙂 very nice bucket, i am also eagerly waiting for our VISA extension result, if negative will be more happy in one way that i can buy whichever props/things i need for my food photography…really i envy your style,props,pics :))
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Mélange says
July 7, 2012 at 5:26 amThis Kuzhambu looks extremely delicious.I think addition of pottukadalai and all is something new to me..looks rich and authentic..
Shabbu says
July 7, 2012 at 11:03 amyummy chicken curry in cute bucket…delicious..
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Supriya's Rasoi says
July 8, 2012 at 7:50 amShrami the presentation is so nice. The curry looks very tempting.
manjooo says
July 8, 2012 at 11:04 amYummmm…as usual nice clicks!!!
Debs @ The Spanish Wok says
August 31, 2012 at 8:36 amOMG this looks so delicious. Come join my event…..
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Unknown says
October 11, 2012 at 2:53 pmDear sharmilee akka
I made it yesterday.waw turned out great.
What a surprise my dad he gave me good comment.There is no leftover akka as usually it happens.
Every one in my family apperiated me.
All because of god and u akka.
Though the preparation was little long,it was nice.i got confident after putting on the pressure.
Thank u akka.
Regards,
Mymoon
Rathipriya Surendhar says
March 27, 2013 at 9:26 pmHi Sharmi,
I did chicken curry yesterday night for dinner. Just followed the above steps..it came out really well as usual..thanks for the recipe 🙂
Dhans says
November 13, 2013 at 2:17 pmI tried today and it came good. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Archana Shekar says
November 14, 2013 at 6:38 pmhi sharmi i tried your chicken kozhmbu it came out very well me and husband liked it very much do keep posting more tasty recipes
Archana Shekar says
November 14, 2013 at 6:40 pmhi tried ur recipe cam eout very well my husband liked it do keep posting more tasty recipes
Shobana Vijay says
November 19, 2013 at 2:03 pmInteresting …texture looks great dear.I never add chutney deal for grinding
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Krithika Premkumar says
November 25, 2013 at 8:03 amMrs.sharmi… i just saw this chicken kuzhambu recipie.i am going to try it today… thanks for the recipie.
Jaya says
December 29, 2013 at 7:10 amI made this recipe today. loved it and so easy to make.
Megella says
April 28, 2014 at 6:20 amThis kuzhambu was some what different from any other chicken kuzhambu I had tried, my family loved it and me too, added potatoes since kids love it. The coriander leaves added to the aroma….and surely will make it again. Thumbs Up !
baskar says
May 10, 2014 at 7:33 amsharmi good day
you not mention when to add the grinded paste ?
SHARMILEE J says
May 11, 2014 at 6:59 amCheck step4..I have mentioned to add the coconut paste
naveen m says
May 10, 2014 at 8:17 amThanks
naveen m says
May 10, 2014 at 8:22 amHi mam:-)
We r bachelors living seperate from home..wenever we r cookin we used to cal mom n ask each n everything but nowadays not lyk dat coz ur blog made everything simple. Really thanks a lot mam
cindrella in form says
June 25, 2014 at 1:56 amAsusal mouthwatering recipe
I have become a great fan of u
vidya jayraj says
August 15, 2014 at 7:49 amI just tried out your chicken curry recipe. It came out so delicious. For a very long time I was searching for a good recipe. Today I finally found it. Thank you so much. God bless
Noreen Juanita says
September 12, 2014 at 2:38 amDear Sharmi, I think its high time I thanked u for coming to my rescue and making me believe tat I too can cook. I used to be a disaster in the kitchen but now I ve greatly improved. I wud surely say u are an angel in disguise. Nd yes the chicken Kuzhambu was a sooper dooper hit 🙂 God bless. Keep rocking 🙂
collins says
August 6, 2017 at 7:02 pmI tried this recepie. It was really delicious. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Savita says
May 23, 2018 at 7:36 pmHi Ms Sharmilee ur recipe says small onions 10 no. But ubhv not mentioned where to add them can u pls guide…
Sharmilee J says
May 24, 2018 at 7:32 amkindly check step2 pic
Savita says
May 23, 2018 at 7:54 pmHi Sharmilee,
U have mentioned Small Onions no. pls guide as to where to add them.
Sharmilee J says
May 24, 2018 at 7:32 amAdd it along with big onions itself in step2