Chicken Chilli

Ingredients: 



250g - boneless chicken, medium-sized pieces 
2 - onion
2 - tomatoes
3-4 - green chilli
1 medium bunch - coriander
3 pieces - coconut 
150g - oil
Salt to taste




Method:

1. Make gravy of onion, tomatoes, green chilli, coriander and coconut.
2. Heat oil in a medium-sized pressure cooker.
3. Wait for 2 minutes, add chicken pieces.
4. Allow the chicken pieces to shrink in size slightly.
5. Add gravy, if required add 1 glass of water.
6. Cover and cook up to 3 whistles.
7. Open to check if water is well absorbed.
8. If required, transfer to a kadai and cook on a low flame till dry.

Pepper Chicken

Ingredients: 



6 Green Chillies (add more if you want very spicy)
Ginger small piece
5 pods Garlic 
1 kg Chicken 
1 tbsp Pepper 
Cinnamon, clove & bay leaves- just little crush it
Capsicum (Bell Peppers) cut into long strips
Onion cut into small strips, just little
Salt to taste




Method:

1. Heat oil, add cinnamon, clove & bay leaves crushed. Saute the onions in oil
   
   
2. Make a paste out of the green chillies, garlic & ginger
   
   
3. Add the paste to the sauted onions, fry well.
   
   
4. Add chicken and fry well in the masala
   
   
5. Add very little water and cook the chicken well.
   
   
6. When there is just little water add the pepper and mix well.
   
   
7. Now add the capsicum in the chicken and fry well.
   
   
8. Please note, most of the water should be absorbed when capsicum is added, since capsicum will leave water.
   
   
9. Also it should not be over cooked also.
   
   
10. Fry well and garnish with cilantro.

Chettinadu Chicken Fry

Ingredients: 

Chicken - 1/2 Kg. cleaned and cut into small pieces
Mustard Seeds - 1 tbsp
Urad Dal - 1 tbsp
Red Chillies - 2
Cinnamon seeds - 1 tbsp
Onions - 2 big (finely chopped)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
Chilli powder - 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Cover chicken pieces with 1/2 tbsp of turmeric powder
2. Head oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add urad dal, red chillies and cinnamon seeds.
3. When they are fried well, add onions and deep fry it
4. Then add chicken pieces and saute for a while.
5. Add little water and chillipower, turmeric powder and mix well. Close the pan with a lid. Wait till the chicken in cooked well and dried.

Serve with Chappathi or Rice.

Chicken Curry

Ingredients: 



350 g - chicken cut into medium pieces 
100 g - sambhar onion
1/2 inch long - ginger
1 cup - coconut milk 
4 tbsp - oil 

Ingredients to be ground into fine paste:

1 tsp - poppy seeds
1 tsp - cumin seeds
1 tsp - peppercorns
3 to 4 - cashews
2 tsp - chilly powder
salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pressure pan, add chicken, onion, turmeric powder and saute well till the raw smell goes away.
2. Now lower the flame and add ground paste, coconut milk, chilly powder.
3. When it starts boiling add salt.
4. Pressure cook for 15 mins until the chicken is done.
5. This goes well with idli, dosa, chappathi, paratha and rice.