1. Malabar Chicken Curry
Cuisine: Kerala, South Indian
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients
 Chicken - 400 gms (measured after cleaning)
 Chopped ginger and garlic - 1.5-2 tsp, each
 Coconut - ½ - cup 1 cup or coconut milk
 Onion - 2 medium, sliced
 Green chilli - 1, chopped
 Tomato - 1 big, slice
 Potatoes-3
 Carrot-2
 Celery-
 Green peas
 Salt
 Curry leaves
 Oil - vegetable
 Hot water - 0.5 cups
Instructions
1. Heat oil in a pan and sauté sliced onion. After a few minutes add ginger and garlic.
2. Add a little more oil to the pan and add the spices (turmeric, chili, coriander) or chicken
masala that you can buy at the store. Mix for less than 1 min. should not burn.
3. Immediately add chicken and salt and mix well. Add half cup of hot water. Cover and cook
in low flame and stir in between and cook till the chicken is almost done (10-15 min)
4. Add vegetables according to cooking time needed. First potatoes and carrot after 5 min.
check to see if the chicken is all cooked if not cook for 5-10 min more. Potatoes usually goes
into the gravy.
5. Add - tomato, mushroom, green peas and celery cook for 2 min. Add coconut milk and let it
come to boil stop cooking.
6. If gravy is found to be too loose can thicken with corn starch (mix 2 table spoon) cornstarch
in cold water and add to the curry).
7. Add cardamom and cloves powder (must). If needs to be more hot, can add fresh pepper.
When it cools you can add cilantro.

2. Note: The more time it sits the better the taste. It will taste better the next day