Chicken Varutharachathu

Preperation Time: 40-45 min

Ingredients
Chicken (with bone) - 1/2 kg
Coconut - 1 cup
Onion - 2 nos
Tomato - 1
Green Chilli - 4 nos
Ginger (smashed) - 1 tsp
Garlic (smashed) - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 2.5-3 inch length stick
Cloves - 4 nos
Fennel Seeds - 1 1/2 tbsp
Shellots - 1 tbsp
Garlic - 1 no
Red Chilli pwdr - 1 1/4 tsp
Corinader pwdr - 2 1/2 tsp
Turmeric pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Chicken Masala - 3 1/2 tsp
Fennel Seeds pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Water - 1 cup
Oil
Salt for taste

Preperation Method

1) Take a pan and add coconut, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, shellots, garlic to it.
2) Continously saute these on medium flame until the mix turns brown in color.
3) Add 1 tsp red chilli pwdr, 2 tsp corinader pwdr, 1/4 tsp turmeric and saute until the mix turns dark brown in color. Keep this aside and allow the mix to cool.

4) Grind the mix into a fine paste.
5) Heat oil in a pan and add onion, green chillies, smashed ginger, garlic and saute until color changes to golden brown.
6) Add tomatoes and saute until tomatoes melt.
7) Add all remaining powders, chicken, salt and water to the pan and mix well.
8) Add the ground coconut mix and saute for 2 min.
9) Cover the lid and allow it to cook for 7-10 min.

Spicy chicken curry is ready now.. Serve hot with Roti/Chapati.. :-