# Chettinad Chicken

A simple and easy-to-make Chettinad Chicken recipe.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 kg chicken
- 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
- as per taste salt
- 1 lime juice
- black stone flower
- sabut dhaniya
- sauf
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 red dry chillies
- tamarind
- grated coconut
- jeera
- human stick
- 8 pieces garlic
- 1 medium size ginger
- black pepper corn
- black ilaichi
- star
- green ilaichi
- cloves
- lens size onion
- 4 tbsp sesame oil
- curry leaves
- pinch fenugreek seeds
- 0.5 tsp black pepper powder
- 0.5 tsp red chilli powder

## Instructions

1. Marinate the chicken with lime juice, turmeric powder, and salt for 30 minutes.
2. In a pan, add sesame oil and then add dhania, sauf, dalchini, black and green elaichi, star, cloves, jeera.
3. Saute the spices for 1-2 minutes until color changes.
4. Add bay leaves, dry red chillies and saute for a second.
5. Add black stone flower and saute for a second. Remove from the pan.
6. In the same pan, add grated coconut and cook until dark golden brown. Remove from the pan.
7. Transfer the sauteed spices and grated coconut to a mixer jar. Add tamarind, one medium size ginger and water. Grind to a fine paste.
8. In a pan, add sesame oil, then add lens size cut onions and cook until light golden brown.
9. Add marinated chicken and cook for 5 minutes.
10. Add the ground masala paste and mix well.
11. Add salt as per taste, cover the pan with a lid, and cook for about 20 minutes.
12. In a tadka pan, add sesame oil. Once hot, add curry leaves, fenugreek seeds, black pepper powder and red chilli powder.
13. Transfer the tadka to the chicken and mix well.
14. Garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut. Serve with rice, roti, or chapati.

## Equipment

- bowl
- lemon squeezer
- pan
- spoon
- plates
- mixer jar

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/-BPkNDolKak?si=jTcMKgi40VfTBqdi
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9d658c0a-49ee-4495-a668-03b93531bfb3
- Extracted: 2025-04-07

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