Villagestyle Arachuvitta Chicken Kuzhambu

cken curry is one of the famous recipe in all non veg restarants. Its mine and my husband all time favorite dish because the awesome thing about this recipe is that you grind all of the required masala. If i make chicken curry, i generally need to keep more rice than usual. It will go very well with plain rice or a side dish for fried rice or dosa or chapathi.There are always different people preaparing in differrent style. This particular is that i learnt from my MIL. My grand parents are from a small village in south india and there is always a liking for us towards the village recipes. The reason behind that is the taste,They always taste the best, because the ingredients and the masala, that they use are freshly prepared. Well,The recipe of my favorite chicken curry is here........

INGREDIENTS :
1.Chicken - 2lbs(Cleaned and cut into pieces)
2.Big Onions - 3 ( Chopped)
3.Tomatoes - 2 ( chopped)
4.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
5.Salt - To taste
6.Corriander leaves - 1 hand full
7.Vadagam-2
8Oil - To fry

GRIND 1:
Fry the below ingredients in a pan untill nice aroma and grind smoothly with little water
Red chilli-6
Corriander Seeds-3tbs
Cumin-1tbs

GRIND 2:
Ginger-small piece
Garlic-8clovesCinnamom-1
Cloves-3

UTENSIL:
Heavy bottomed pan

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

• Take a heavy bottomed  add oil, add the grinded masala no.2 paste and fry till golden brown
• Now add the onions , fry till golden brown, then add the chopped tomatoes,turmeric powder and salt and fry it for few mins.
• Now add the chicken pieces and let it cook for 10mins,
• Now add the grinded masala no.1 and fry it for 5 mins,Then add little water to it  and mix well.
• Close the vessel and cook for 15-20 mins by Stiring it inbetween
• Finally do the vadagam seasoning and pour into the chiccken curry and mix well.

GOES WELL WITH:

       Hot steamed rice