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Published: Oct 4, 2011 · Modified: Jul 20, 2020 by Tanvi · This post may contain affiliate links

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Sinfully Spicy - Chettinad Chicken

Me & Kulsum always joke & tell each other that we are long-lost sisters, sisters who have never met or knew each other before our food blogs happened. We took off around a similar time frame in the blogging world and have been in touch for almost 2 years now. Sharing an unadulterated love for all things Indian - food, spices, culture & lifestyle, whenever we communicate via twitter or mails or comments, mostly, we end up saying "oh..I was thinking the same way too" :)..It’s like you read my mind & speak my heart! These are the reasons I adore blogging. You touch people & they form a beautiful part of your life.

Sinfully Spicy - Chettinad Chicken

Ingredients (Serves 3-4)

Marinate for 20 minutes:-

  • 2 lb/ 1 kg chicken drumsticks or thigh portions, skinned (use any dark meat portions, bone in pieces recommended)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Spices to be Dry Roasted :-

  • 1.5 teaspoon white poppy seeds
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 2 teaspoon coriander seeds
  • 1.5 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 5 cloves
  • 10-12 dry red chilies (adjust to tolerance)
  • 4 whole green cardamom
  • ½ cup fresh grated coconut
  • Water for grinding (about ¼ cup)
For the Sauce:-
  • 4 tablespoon mustard/canola/vegetable oil
  • ½ cup sambhar onions, chopped
  • 2" cinnamon stick
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 tablespoon each grated fresh ginger & garlic
  •  8-10 curry leaves (available at indian stores)
  • 1.5 teaspoon red chili powder (adjust to tolerance)
  • 1.5 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
  • 3-5 Thai green chilies, chopped fine (adjust to tolerance)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (adjust to taste)
  • Fresh grated coconut (for garnish)
  • Chopped cilantro / curry leaves ( for garnish)

Notes:-  

  1. Sambhar Onions can be  substituted with shallots or equivalent quantity of chopped red onions.
  2. Fresh coconut can be substituted with unsweetened grated coconut.

Method :-

  • In a medium saucepan, first dry toast all the spices except fresh coconut for 2 minutes on low heat till you smell the aroma.
  • Next, add the grated coconut to the pan and toast till the coconut starts to change color lightly and drying out. About 8-10 minutes.
  • Once done, remove pan from heat & allow cooling. Grind the cooled spices & coconut to a paste using ¼ cup of water or as required for grinding. The paste doesn't have to be silky smooth. Set aside.
  • In a heavy bottomed pot, heat the oil on medium till it starts to smoke lightly. Add, chopped onions and cook with regular stirring till they are translucent but not browned. About 5-7 minutes.
  • Next, add the cinnamon stick & star anise and cook for 18-20 seconds till you smell the aroma of whole spices.
  • Add in the grated ginger and garlic, curry leaves & ground spice paste and red chili & turmeric powder. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Next, reduce heat to low, add the chopped tomatoes, mix in & cook uncovered for at least 12-15 minutes with regular stirring till oil starts separating on sides of the pot.
  • Add in the marinated chicken & chopped green chilies next, mix, check the salt & adjust, increase heat to high and let cook for 3 minutes. Next, reduce the heat to low, cover the pot & let the chicken cook with the spices & its own juices for 12-15 minutes or till tender (This cooking time will depend on size of your chicken pieces)
  • Uncover the pot, check if the chicken pieces are tender else cook for another 2-3 minutes. Once chicken pieces are cooked, turn off the heat, add the lemon juice to liking, cover & let sit covered till ready to serve.
  • When ready to serve, garnish with chopped cilantro/ curry leaves/fresh coconut.Serve with warm rice.
Enjoy & Have a lovely week ahead everyone!

More Mains - Vegetaraian

  • Methi Dal
  • Urad Dal Khichdi
  • Aloo Bharta
  • Moong Dal Khichdi (With Palak)

Filed Under: Mains - Vegetaraian Tagged With: Easy Recipe, Fats and Oils/Tel, fiery chicken curry, garlic, ginger, Green Chilli, Green Chillies, healthy recipe, hot & spicy chicken curry indian, indian curry, indian festival recipes, indian food, indian food blogs, indian non vegetarian, indian spices, lemon, Recipe from blogs, Red Chilli powder, Salt/Namak, south indian chettinad chicken curry, south indian cuisine, Spices & Seasonings/Masaale, spicy recipe, star anise, Turmeric/Haldi

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Lynda

    October 04, 2011 at 8:02 am

    What a beautiful photo! This looks wonderful.

    Reply
  2. Rosa May (@RosasYummyYums)

    October 04, 2011 at 8:15 am

    That dish looksamazing! I'm heading over to Kulsum's blog...

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  3. Nishi

    October 04, 2011 at 8:31 am

    What an awesome post Tanvi. Great photography and even greater write up as usual 🙂

    Reply
  4. Sukaina

    October 04, 2011 at 8:37 am

    As I was saying to Kulsum, you two strike me as long lost sisters too. I always always order chettinad chickn in restaurants! No I can make it at home!

    Reply
  5. Notyet100

    October 04, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Slurp,looks delicious,..luv the platter

    Reply
  6. Faith

    October 04, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Simple and delicious! I love this meal ( actually, I love all of your food Tanvi). I am off to check your post.

    Reply
  7. Priya

    October 04, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Omg, terrific chettinad chicken,seriouslt makes me hungry..

    Reply
  8. Kay aka Babygirl

    October 04, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    Tanvi, you have definitely outdone yourself. I mean wow. This Chettinad chicken looks absolutely delicious and wonderful. Definitely something to make for the winter time. I love it

    Reply
  9. Caroline

    October 04, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Great guest post, Tanvi. This meal looks divine! xx

    Reply
  10. kankana

    October 04, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    Excellent guest post Tanvi. Blogging is indeed such a beautiful journey and if only i could explain it to my non blogging friends!
    I love any chicken curry which is spicy and this is one of my fav too... beautifully presented.

    Reply
  11. Rinku Naveen

    October 04, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    Wow! Tanvi lovely post and superb clicks!

    Reply
  12. Heavenly Housewife

    October 05, 2011 at 1:47 am

    My curries are never this photogenic. I feel like I'm starving now that I've visited you LOL
    *kisses* HH

    Reply
  13. Ilke

    October 05, 2011 at 6:14 am

    Heading over there...:) So nice to have a blogging sister like that!

    Reply
  14. Nash at Plateful

    October 05, 2011 at 7:07 am

    It's so inspiring to read about the special connection between two of my favorite and most talented desi bloggers. A toast to your friendship girls! Hey Tanvi, I'm a hooker for chettinad flavors. So yum!

    Reply
  15. Shu Han

    October 05, 2011 at 10:37 am

    that looks so amazing! I love indian food and this hits all the right notes!

    Reply
  16. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com

    October 05, 2011 at 11:59 am

    Amazing recipe and beautiful photos Tanvi. Couldn't have expected less from you 🙂

    Reply
  17. torviewtoronto

    October 05, 2011 at 7:04 pm

    checked out your delicious post looks wonderful

    Reply
  18. Cindy

    October 05, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    This looks absolutely AMAZING!!

    Reply
  19. yummychunklet

    October 06, 2011 at 5:25 am

    I love how delicious these chicken legs look in your photos! Yum!

    Reply
  20. Sweet Artichoke

    October 06, 2011 at 6:07 am

    Your presentation and pictures are always beautiful! Very tempted to prepare it for Mr Artichoke 🙂

    Reply
  21. Priscilla-ShesCookin

    October 06, 2011 at 8:06 am

    Congrats on the Top 9! You said all the right things: spicy, coconut, and curry! I'm headed over to Kulsum's blog now!

    Reply
  22. Tanvi

    October 06, 2011 at 8:14 am

    Thank you so much everyone for stopping by and the kind words! Love you all!

    Reply
  23. Grubarazzi (@Grubarazzi)

    October 06, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Amazing! Congrats on the top 9!

    Reply
  24. Reem | Simply Reem

    October 06, 2011 at 10:00 am

    What a terrific dish Tanvi..
    God I missed your posts for almost 10 days and now I am awarded with this.... YAY.....
    Beautiful pictures dear as usual...
    Lovely!!

    Reply
  25. Christine

    October 06, 2011 at 11:37 am

    Congrats on Foodbuzz top 9!

    Reply
  26. [email protected]

    October 06, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    That looks sooo good.

    Reply
  27. Ana Helena Campbell

    October 06, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    What an beautiful dish. Your photos are great! Congratulation on the top 9. Well done!

    Reply
  28. Sudha

    October 06, 2011 at 7:00 pm

    I have been looking around for a Chettinad chicken recipe for quite some time now!Not that I didn't find it on the Net,but I felt your version was awesome!Thanks for the recipe and the dish looks marvellous:) Congrats on the Top 9!

    Reply
  29. balvinder

    October 06, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    Congrats on top 9!
    This is http://simpleglutenfreekitchen.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  30. thefooddoctor

    October 07, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    Heading over to check it out now 🙂

    Reply
  31. Nami | Just One Cookbook

    October 12, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    I can't believe I missed this post! Wow how delicious! I didn't know you and Kulsum are so close! It's so nice you have 2 year of friendship already. What a great support to each other. Going over to her blog now.

    Reply
  32. Bree

    January 12, 2012 at 11:59 am

    Looks fantastic!

    Reply
  33. Gayathri Ramdas Sreekanth

    May 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    The moment i saw this pic , i knew I had to make it. Made this yday and my fussy husband loved it !! 🙂 Have posted and linked it you as well... 🙂

    Reply
  34. Rheena

    December 14, 2012 at 2:08 am

    Hi Tanvi...made this last weekend and it was awesome! thank you!

    Reply
  35. akshata

    August 12, 2014 at 2:25 am

    A MUST TRY FOR ME..
    The site of it makes me hungry...

    Reply
  36. Mahajayam Exports

    September 23, 2021 at 9:14 am

    Nice photos!!!

    Organic Turmeric exporters in India

    Reply

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