Spicy Chicken Kuzhambhu

Spicy Chicken Kuzhambhu / Spicy Chicken Curry

By shriya on Feb 18, 2008 in Chicken dishes, Meat & Seafood Entrées

Spicy Chicken Kuzhambu (curry) is another gem from my mom’s kitchen and one that takes me back to the days when I was a kid. My mom would make this for me if I had a cold or wasn’t feeling well. She seems to have that magic touch always and this morning I called her up to find out how she made it. Now, I am sharing it with you here. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Ingredients:

Chicken: 2 lb
Oil : 3 tbsp
Bay leaves : 2
Cinnamon : 1″
Cloves : 3
Onion : 1/2(medium)
Tomato : 2
Cumin seeds : 11/2 tsp
Fennel seeds : 1 tsp
Green chilies : 4
Turmeric Powder : 1 tsp
Black Pepper : 2 tsp
Curry leaves : 5 to 6
Garlic : 3
Ginger : 1 inch
Salt : required for taste
Coconut Milk : 1/4 cup
Coriander Leaves : few

Method Of Preparation :

Heat a tsp of oil in a pan add cumin seeds , fennel seeds, curry leaves (3), Green chili(2), Onion(Chopped), and Black pepper.
Fry all the above ingredients except garlic and ginger for 4 minutes in low flame.
After that remove from heat and let it cool down.
Now grind the above mixture with garlic and ginger in to a fine paste.
Heat remaining oil in a pressure cooker add bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves and the ground paste fry them for 3 minutes .
And add the chicken mix it well with masala paste , add the remaining green chili, curry leaves and turmeric powder and required salt .Fry them all together for 4 minutes.
Now add a cup of water and the chopped tomatoes in to it . Close the lid of the pressure cooker .
Pressure cook it for 2 whistle.
After that open the lid and add the coconut milk let it boil it for 2 minutes remove from heat and garnish with coriander leaves.

Spicy Chicken Kuzhambhu

Serve it hot with rice, chapathi, paratha.

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13 Responses to “Spicy Chicken Kuzhambhu / Spicy Chicken Curry”

Pooja V February 19th, 2008, 12:13 am

I just loved the flavours. I am sure every bite into this great looking curry was an absolute delight.
Kalai February 19th, 2008, 1:21 am

I think anyone would feel better after eating this! I’m getting hungry already…
Cynthia February 19th, 2008, 1:51 am

Shriya, you have an amazingly beautiful blog. Your template is clean, simple, sophisticated and professional, I like it a lot.

Thanks very much for taking the time to visit my blog which has helped me to discover yours! What a treasure.

Looking forward to seeing you around.
shriya February 19th, 2008, 4:45 am

Thank you for your Kind remarks pooja.

I am glad you enjoyed this recipe,kalai. It can definitely double as a comfort food.

Cynthia, it’s a pleasure having you here. Thanks for taking the time to comment and wow you making me blush. Believe it or not I was really inspired by your blog and I’ve been lurking around for a while. You do have an awesome blog and great recipes.
dhivya February 19th, 2008, 11:30 pm

wow..wow..another version of chicken kuzhambu..lovely recipe..pic looks yummy
sagari February 20th, 2008, 2:30 am

love the masala Shriya it goes so well with rice
Mishmash! February 20th, 2008, 5:02 pm

WOW! this looks like a must try….bookmarking it
shriya February 20th, 2008, 11:52 pm

Thanks for your lovely comments Mishmash , sagari and dhivya .
meeso February 22nd, 2008, 11:11 pm

This looks so good, I can imagine how tasty it is with some rice!
gav August 7th, 2008, 8:08 am

hi there,

I want to try a few of your recipies, but I don’t own a pressure cooker. can i still make these dishes?

~gautam
shriya August 8th, 2008, 9:20 am

Hey gautam,
Thanks for visting my site. You can still try this recipe without pressure cooker but with all the steps mentioned above except the pressure cooker method you can just boil all the masalas till the chicken becomes tender and the masala smell goes off.
gav August 9th, 2008, 2:35 am

thanks shriya, i’ll have to try this sometime soon and let you know how it went!

~gautam