Hyderabadi Chicken Curry
Hyderabadi chicken curry is a delicious chicken curry recipe from Hyderabadi cuisine. In this Hyderabadi chicken recipe, the chicken is cooked in a rich, spicy and aromatic gravy flavoured with garam masala, coconut and a good amount of heat with chillis.
Ingredients
- 300 g Chicken
- 2 tbsp peanuts Roasted and skinned
- 4 tbsp Coconut dessicated
- 3 red chillies dried whole
- ¼ cup Onion chopped
- 2 Tbsp Peanut oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp green chillis chopped
- 15-20 curry leaves
- 2 green chilli
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- coriander leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Grind together, desiccated coconut, Peanuts and whole red chillis and make a coarse powder.
- Now heat oil in a pan and crackle cumin seeds, add chopped onions and cook for 2 minutes.
- After onion turn slightly pink, add slit green chillis.
- Saute them for 2 more minutes and add curry leaves, cook for a minute and add ginger garlic paste.
- Cook again for a minute on low heat and add turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder, black pepper powder and coriander powder.
- Cook for one minute and add coarsely ground peanuts and coconut powder.
- Cook all of these on low heat for 1 minute and add few tbsp of water to make think masala.
- Add chicken pieces and coat them evenly with masala.
- Add tamarind paste and garam masala powder.
- Fry them for 5 minutes while covered and add 1 cup water.
- Cover and simmer for 5-6 minutes till chicken is fully cooked.
Nutrition
Calories: 462kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 19gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 274mgPotassium: 372mgFiber: 10gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 696IUVitamin C: 160mgCalcium: 91mgIron: 3mg
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