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I got this recipe from one of my blogger friend .. Her recipe link is given below

Malabar spices

In this recipe I made slight variations..So here comes the recipe ..

onion chicken

Ingredients

Chicken-1 kg (cut into medium sized pieces)

Big Onion-3 for frying

Big onion-2 for sauting

Tomato-4 (medium pieces)

Curry leaves -plenty of

Coconut Oil

coconut pieces-10 small pieces for frying

onion chicken

For Marination

Chilly Powder-1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp

Salt-1 tsp

Lemon juice -of 1  medium sized lemon

For Grinding

Chilly Powder-2 tsp

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Cardomom-3 whole

Cinnamon-1 inch piece(cut into small parts )

Pepper-1tbsp

Ginger-1 medium size piece

Garlic-4-5 medium size pods

Method

Clean and wash medium size chicken pieces thoroughly and drain for few minutes ..Now take a bowl and mix chilly powder ,turmeric powder ,salt and lime juice ..marinate chicken with this masala mix for minimum 1 hour ..Keep aside..

Grind all these spices and powders together along with some water to a very fine paste ..Keep that also aside ..

Heat coconut oil and fry thinly sliced big onions(3) until they become golden in colour..Drain them and keep it in  kitchen tissue ..(very careful while frying onion,don’t burn ) when they get cool crush 3/4 of the fried onion with our hands..keep 1/4 of the fried onion separately for  garnish in the end..

In  one tsp of coconut oil (the same oil we fried onion) saute  sliced onion (2) until it become transparent. To this add  tomato pieces and cook  for 5 minutes and keep aside..Fry coconut pieces until they become light golden colour ..keep that also aside

In the same pan add very less oil and saute the ground paste for 5 minutes in very low flame or until the raw smell of the masala goes..

Now its time to add all the ingredients together ..To the sauted masala ,add our marinated chicken ,crushed fried onion (3/4 th portion),tomato-onion mix ,fried coconut,10 curry leaves salt and mix well..Add 1/4 cup of water and mix nicely and close the kadai and cook the chicken in low flame..Check the salt and stir occasionally until the chicken get cooked .. When the chicken is ready add hadful of curry leaves  and fried onion (if u want u can add tomato cuts (1/2 of one) and close tightly.The dish is a piralan ..so there should not excess water nor the dish should be too dry ..Semi medium consistency..So the final dish is ready to serve ..U can serve with all kinds of rice ,appam …..

kerala onion chicken

Love

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Veena