Chicken Gravy / Chicken salna / Kozhi chalna / சிக்கன் சால்னா

Chicken Gravy / Chicken salna / Kozhi chalna / சிக்கன் சால்னா

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 900 gms , Cleaned & Skin out , chopped
• Onion - 2 no , chopped
• Tomato - 2 no , diced
• Coconut - 1 cup , grated
• Ginger - 2' piece , chopped
• Garlic pods - 8 pods
• Cumin seeds - 3 tsp
• Pepper corns - 2 tsp
• Whole red chilli - 15 nos
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Lemon juice - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder -2 tsp
• Oil - 4 tsp

Chicken Gravy / Chicken salna / Kozhi chalna

Procedure:

How to Clean Chicken:


Take the washed chicken, Add 2 tsp of turmeric powder , mix well to the cut chicken.Set aside for 30 minutes .The turmeric powder removes the raw smell from the chicken and gives a good flavor and also it kills the germs.

How to Clean Chicken

Recipe:

In a pressure cooker, add a drop of oil , fry the red chilli, cumin seeds , pepper corns, fennel seeds , ginger , garlic and tomatoes.Cook till the tomatoes are mushy.

Now add the Grated coconut and cook for 1 minute.

Cool down the contents.Run in to a paste  in the mixer by adding little water.

In the pressure cooker , heat oil and add the chopped onion.Cook till the onions become translucent.

Now add the Cleaned chicken pieces and salt .

Transfer the contents from the mixer to pressure cooker add little water and bring it to boil  till the raw masala smell goes away.

Now close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles.Allow it to cool and open the pressure cooker.

Serve hot.

 This delicious chicken gravy goes well with steamed rice, parotta, roti , puri , dosa , idly.