Chicken Kurma

Chicken Kurma is a very easy, simple and a very delicious South Indian kurma. It is a wonderful dish and a superb combination with puri’s and chapattis.

Ingredients: 

• 1 lb Chicken/Turkey 
• 1 chopped Onion 
• 2 tbsp Kuskus 
• 4 Cashews 
• 1 tbsp Coriander seeds 
• 5-7 Green chilly 
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds 
• 1/2 cup (grated) Coconut 
• 1/2 cup Yogurt (Curd) 
• 2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste 
• 3 Cardamon 
• ¼ tbsp Fennel seeds 
• 1 Bay leaf 
• 2 Cloves 
• 1 Cinnamon sticks 
• Oil 
• Salt to taste 
• Cilantro for garnish 

Method: 

• Chicken Kurma is a very easy, simple and a very delicious South Indian kurma. It is a wonderful dish and a superb combination with puri’s and chapattis. 
• Firstly soak kuskus in 1 cup lukewarm water for at least 10 minutes and then crush it with coriander seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies, cashews, cardamom and coconut. 
• Take oil in a frying pan then splutter fennel seeds and add the cinnamon, bay leaf and cloves. 
• Add chopped onions and fry them till they turn translucent. 
• Next include the ginger-garlic paste and cook till the raw smell disappears. 
• Add the chicken pieces and sauté it for 2 minutes. 
• Add 1 cup water, yogurt and salt in it. Cover and cook till the chicken is roughly done. 
• At this stage insert the ground paste and add the water required. Check for salt and let the kurma boil for 5 minutes. 
• Garnish them with cilantro. This goes very healthy with barotta, aapam and idiyappam.