Chicken Chukka

Chicken Chukka

This is one alternative to chicken fry which i have always relished eating as a side dish with biriyani or kerala rice. This dish requires marinating chicken with a special blend of spices for an hour and that is all you need to spare to make this tasty chukka chicken.

Ingredients

Dry Masala:
Dry Red Chillies: 7-8 / or dried kashmiri chillies - 10-12 nos
Coriander Seeds:  3 table spoon
Cinnamon : 3 cm piece
Cardamom: 4 nos
Clovers: 5 nos
Cumin Seeds: 2 tsp
Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 3-4 tsp

Wet Masala:
Coriander Leaves : handful
Green Chilli: 2
Ginger Garlic Paste: 2 table spoon

Other Ingredients

Chicken: 1 Kg ( Small pieces)
Oil: 4 to 5 tablespoons
Onion: 2 medium finely chopped
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped

Method

1. Take the above dry masala in a blender and powder them finely and add to the cleaned and drained chicken
2. In the same blender and add the wet masala and little water and grind to smooth paste to puree and add to the chicken
3. Mix both these dry and wet masala mix well to coat the chicken and marinate for 1 hour or longer
4. After an hour, heat oil in a kadai and saute the onions until light brown
5. Now add the marinated chicken and toss well in the oil. Cover and cook on a low heat for 15 mins, now water from the chicken will come out. Mix well and cover again and cook on low heat for another 15 mins.
6. Now increase the heat and cook till the water is evaporated and chicken is done.

Tasty Chicken chukka is ready to be enjoyed as a side dish with any Indian meal. 

Happy Cooking!

Shabana