Friday 4 June 2010

Kodi pulusu / Chicken gravy

 

The first time I tasted this chicken dish made by my mom-in-law, I immediately fell in love with it. Have you ever prepared chicken without onions?. In this preparation there is no onion, no tomato and no masala items like cloves, cinnamon or cardamom. A very simple way of preparing and it is very, very tasty too.  Give it a try, perhaphs you might also like it.


Ingredients :

Chicken- 1/2 kg
Ginger- 1 inch piece
Garlic- 10 pods
Coriander powder- 2 tbspns
Red chilli powder- 3 tspns (adjust according to your taste)
Turmeric powder- a pinch
Jeera seeds- 1 tspn
Coconut scrappings- 2 tbspns
Oil- 4 tbspns
Salt to taste

Method :

Clean and cut chicken into small pieces. Make a paste of ginger and garlic. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil becomes hot add jeera seeds. When they splutter add half of the ground ginger, garlic paste,  turmeric powder, chicken pieces and enough salt. Saute the mixture well until the flesh of chicken pieces turn white in colour. Now add the remaining ginger, garlic paste, coriander powder and chilli powder. Add half-a-cup of water. Now bring the mixture to boil and simmer it for another 10 minutes or until the chicken is done and the raw smell of the masala disappears. Before removing from fire garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with hot rice, lemon wedges and few raw onion slices.

Taste enhancing tips for this recipe : This recipe needs more oil than usual. If you cannot make dishes with more oil then it is better not to prepare this dish. Make it spicier. You cannot expect much gravy from this preparation. If you need more gravy then you have to add onions and tomato  but it definitely compromises the taste. You can add a teaspoon of garam masala (your choice) at the end of preparation. Happy cooking !!!

22 comments:

  1. Love kodi pulusu, perfect with steamed rice.:)

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  2. Your mom-in-laws chicken curry is looking very delicious, have you added any curry leaves or coriander leaves at the end.
    Have a happy and sunny weekend Manju:-)

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  3. Manju,

    Chicken curry looks really good.

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  4. Slurppp!!lipsmacking kodi pulusu..makes me hungry..

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  5. Such a delicious and flavorful pulusu....

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  6. WOW...love this recipe..very simple yet looks delicious...last pic is so tempting, feel like grabbing that bowl..yum!

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  7. Sounds interesting..looks yummy with a lovely color..will try this no onion, no tomato chicken for sure.

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  8. naan vegetarianunga manju! :)

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  9. this dish is mouth- watering & seems interesting ...no onion,no tomato.
    Will surely try this.

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  10. This is new recipe without onion, looks great, will try this soon....

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  11. I could never even imagine preparing chicken curry without onion and tomatoes. This dish looks really tempting. I would defintely love to give it a try. Btw I prepared your oyster mushroom kuzhambu yesterday. It was absolutely tasty with chapatis and we really enjoyed it. Am planning to prepare it again soon. Thanks a lot for sharing that wonderful recipe.

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  12. delicious chicken...must be tasty

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  13. Yeah its different!!looks wonderful..
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  14. Thank you friends :). Yummy, thanks a lot for letting me know :). Magi, neenga vegetariana ille non-veg??? Puriyala :D. Intha kozhi vagetarianthan ;)

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  15. Manju,,chicken gravy nalla seithurukeenga paa enaku paarkum poedhe echil ooruthu,,rotis kooda nalla irukum thaane..Manju,,Happy Weekend dear..

    Haaa haa haaa,,Manju ella kozhium vegeterian thaan naama thaan atha non-veg nu solroem athukku evloe kashtama irukkum.

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  16. Very inviting manju, am sure you enjoyed!..:)

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  17. A very different chicken dish! Looks great and tempting!

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  18. I am drooling at this kodi pulusu...Nice click.

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  19. //Intha kozhi vagetarianthan ;) //Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
    Not only this kozhi..ellaa kozhi,aadu,meen ippadi athunga ellaame vegetariyan! athungalaip pola naanum saathuvaana aalu manju! ;)

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