Chettinad Chicken

Name: Chettinad Chicken
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp poppy seeds; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 3 dry red chillies; 3cm piece of cinnamon; 2 cardamom pods; 3 cloves; 50g grated coconut; 2 tsp ginger; 2 garlic cloves crushed; 2 tbsp oil; 10 curry leaves; 2 onions sliced finely; 1 star anise; 2 tomatoes; half tsp turmeric; 1 tsp chilli powder; 8 chicken thighs, skinned; salt to taste; 2 limes; handful of fresh coriander leaves, chopped

Instructions

A lovely flavoursome chicken curry dish from Tamil Nadu in South India. Chettinad Chicken is made by toasting a number of spices with coconut and producing an aromatic masala that has a slight aniseed scent. If you think it will be to fiery for you just reduce the number of chillies. Traditionally it is served with Dosa or Appams but it is just as good with a flaky Parathas and even plain boiled rice.

Updated at: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:54:42 GMT