Chicken Varruval

Name: Chicken Varruval
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 500g chicken, 1 tbsp ghee for cooking, 1 stick cinnamon; 2 star anise; 4 cloves; 4 pods cardamom; 1 green chilli, minced; 7 dried chilli, cut into small pieces; A handful of curry leaves; 2.onions, sliced; 2 tbsp shallot-ginger-garlic paste; 3 tbsp chilli powder; 1 tbsp curry powder; 1 tbsp coriander powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp fennel powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tomato, chopped; 1 cup water; coriander leaves to garnish

6 steps

Updated at: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:22:33 GMT

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Ingredients

5 servings

500gchicken

1 Tbspghee

1 stickcinnamon

cut into small pieces

curry leaves

2onions

sliced

2 Tbspshallot-ginger-garlic paste

3 Tbspchilli powder

1 Tbspcurry powder

1 Tbspcoriander powder

1 tspgaram masala

1 tspfennel powder

1 tspcumin powder

1 cupwater

Instructions

Step 1

Cut chicken into small pieces, wash chicken keep aside.

Step 2

Heat a wok with oil. Add and stir fry cinnamon, star anise, clove, cardamom, green chilli, dried chillies and curry leaves.

Step 3

Add onion, shallot-ginger-garlic paste and fry till golden. Add the chicken pieces and salt to taste.

Step 4

Add chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, fennel powder and cumin powder. Leave to cook till the masala powders are fully absorbed in the mixture.

Step 5

Add tomato and water and cook on low heat until the chicken is cooked (~20min).

Step 6

Once the chicken is cooked, switch to high heat and continuously stir until mixture is thick/almost dry.