Now a days it takes forever for me to cook and i think i dont have to mention it takes more than that to click and post here. But a giveaway made me greedy and i clicked and posted as soon as it was ready! This recipe is from Shaheen’s blog a different type of Malabari chicken varatiyath she calls it Ulli Kozhi. i make it very differently so i thought why not give a try her style and it was very very yummy. There are a lot of recipes – veg and non veg in her blog to try out. I made some mild changes in the recipe.. mainly just reduced the oil.

here goes the recipe.

Chicken -1 kg cut in pieces

Onion- 3 cups thinly sliced

Tomatoes – 3 cut into small pieces

Juice of 1 lime
Potato – 1 large cubed

Salt to taste

Grind together:

Red chili powder- 2 1/2 tsp
Turmeric- ½ tsp
Ginger- ½ inch piece
Garlic- 4 cloves
Cinnamon- 1 inch piece
Cardamom -3
Pepper -1 tbsp
Oil -1/4 cup more or less (i used coconut oil recommended by the recipe owner)
Curry leaves- A handful
Coriander leaves – A Handful

Preparation:

• Marinate the chicken with ½ teaspoon chill powder, turmeric, salt , lemon juice for 1/2 hr.

• Heat oil, add the onion and fry them on medium heat till golden brown and crisp. Make sure they don’t burn.
• Remove the onions and keep aside.
• In the same oil  fry the tomatoes till softkeep aside.
• Then add the ground masala and fry on low heat until the oil runs clear.
• Now add the marinated chicken, potatoes, fried tomatoes, onions to the masala ,mix well and let the water come out of the chicken. If there is not enough wateradd a little bit. But not too much.
• Cover and cook on low heat. The chicken should get cooked in about 15 minutes on low heat, but keep checking and stirring.

This goes well with appam, rotis, rice. I’m going to have this with Ghee Rice.

This recipe goes to Priya’s event Healing Foods-Onion, a event started by Siri and  Padma‘s Cooking with Seeds-Pepper, started by Priya