Spicy Hyderabi Chicken Curry

Author:
EasyRecipes .
Recipe type: Curries
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
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Famous hyderabadi recipe,easy to make at home.
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken, cut into medium sized pieces for the Curry: 80 ml of water
- 3 tbsp of refined oil
- 3 onions, finely chopped
- a handful of grated coconut
- a handful of coriander leaves
- ForHyderabadii masala:
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ nutmeg
- 6-7 cloves
- 6-7 dry red chillies
- 10 black peppercorns
- 1 large cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- For Coconut Masala Paste:
- 3 green chillies
- 5-6 garlic cloves
- 1 grated coconut
- ¾th inch of ginger
Instructions
- Dry roast all the ingredients of the hyderabadi masala in a pan and coarsely grind them.
- Then grind all the ingredients of the coconut masala into a paste.
- In a kadhai, heat oil, add the onions and the ground coconut masala. Stir and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Add 3-4 tsp of the ground Malavani masala, red chilly power and salt to taste.
- Mix in the chicken and then water. Cover and let it cook on low flame for about 40 mins till the gravy thickens and the chicken is tender.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut. Serve hot.