Nellai Kozhi Kuzhambu / Village Style Chicken Kuzhambu

Nellai Kozhi Kuzhambu is my family favourite as well as famous one, we often made this type of kuzhambu... My hubby like to had this with urad dal rice which have already posted in my blog.. This is very aromatic chicken kuzhambu made with fresh ground masala paste.. which gives awesome taste to the kuzhambu.. 

This is my aunty signature recipe from our village.. They use country chicken but I use broiler chicken.. So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you....

Preparation Time : 20 mins
Cooking Time : 30 to 35 mins
Serve - 4 to 5
Recipe Category - Lunch Ideas..
Recipe Cuisine - Indian

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken -1/2 kg
Chopped small onions -1 bowl
Turmeric powder-1pinch
Ginger garlic paste-1spn
Curry leaves
Mustard-1 spn
Gingelly oil-5 spn
Salt
Water

FOR GRINDING:

Red chilli - 10 nos
Coriander seeds - 3 tbspn
Cumin -1/2 tspn
Small onions - 10 nos
Fresh coconut - 1cup (grated)

METHOD:

• Take red chilli,coriander,cumin,in a pan and fry it lightly and grind
• Now grind onions and coconut too.
• In a kadai add oil , onions, ginger garlic paste, onion paste, turmeric powder, curry leaves and chicken
• And lightly fried it ,add some water to boil and covered it
• Until the chicken is cooked soft and tender..
• Open the lid and add grinded paste too then add salt..
• In another kadai add oil, mustard, allow to crackle
• And add in chopped small onions, curry leaves and fry it..
• Pour over the chicken gravy, cover it for 10 mins till the oil floats on the top...
• Now switch off the flame and serve...
• It is done and suitable for white rice.
• Now serve hot, the best sidedish for this recipes is Chicken 65 to view...

PICTORIAL:

Take your roasting item

 Fry it lightly

 Take some shallots and coconut

Grinded these all into a smooth paste

 Slice the small onions, keep aside

 Prepare your chicken

 Add oil in a kadai

 Add in onions for 2 mins

 Add ginger garlic paste

Grinded onion paste

 Then your chicken

Little bit of turmeric powder

Few curry leaf

Add somewater

 Cover it, allow to cook 

 When the chicken is cooked tender

 Add chilli masala, already we prepare

Some coconut paste

Add in salt

 Add oil in another kadai

 Add in mustard seeds

 Chopped onions

Few curry leaf

Pour the tempering items over the gravy

Mix well, cover it 
and let them to boil it for 10 mins

 kuzhambu is ready

 Serve Hot with rice

Enjoy..