Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk | Recipe of Chicken with Coconut Milk
Delicious Indian chicken curry recipe flavoured with mild spices and made with coconut milk. This recipe is easy to make and also very tasty.
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Chicken on the bone washed and cut
- 2 medium Onions finely chopped
- Juice of one small coconut
- Oil/butter for cooking & shallow frying the chicken
- Salt to taste
For the Masala
- 15 Dry Red Kashmir Chillies
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds, dhania
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds, jeera
- 1 pod Garlic peeled
- 1" piece Ginger
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp Poppy seeds
- Tamarind, a small ball
- 1 tbsp Cashew nuts
- 1 tbsp Raisins
- Whole spices like 1" Cinnamon, 2 cardamoms, 4 - 5 cloves, a small piece of mace, 7-8 peppercorns to be ground with the masala
Instructions
- Wash chicken and apply salt. Add a little butter to a pan and shallow fry the chicken.
- Grind to a fine paste all ingredients mentioned under masala.
- In a deep vessel or Kadai, add 2 tsp oil and fry the chopped onion till translucent.
- Add the masala paste and fry for 2 - 3 minutes and then add the shallow fried chicken.
- Add a cup of thin coconut milk and let chicken cook till done.
- Once the chicken is cooked add the thick coconut milk and let the gravy come to a boil. Switch off the flame.
- Serve with Rice or Rotis or ghee rice.
Notes
- Extract juice of 1 whole coconut to get a creamy curry. Separate the coconut juice to get 1.5 cups of thin milk and 1 cup of thick milk.
- You could also use boneless chicken, but chicken on the bone is preferred.
- Don't make the gravy thin. Adjust the coconut milk accordingly.
- Sear or fry the chicken pieces in butter for better taste.