Tamil Nadu

Chicken salna

Name: Chicken salna
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 500 g chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 1 large sliced onion; 2 medium tomato; 1 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1/3 cup fresh grated coconut; 6 cashews; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tsp poppy seeds (white poppy seeds); Whole spices, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, bay leaf; 1 tbsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1 tbsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 tsp garam masala; 3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); a handful mint leaves; 2 sprigs curry leaves; 2 1/2 cups water; Salt, to taste

The thin, spicy gravy every parotta shop ladles over the plate. Now in your kitchen.

45 minTime

27 gProtein each

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Chicken salna like the parotta shops.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)500 g

Onion1 large, sliced

Tomato2 medium

Ginger garlic paste1½ tbsp

Fresh grated coconut⅓ cup

Cashews6

Fennel seeds1 tsp

Poppy seeds (white poppy seeds)1 tsp

Whole spicescinnamon, cloves, star anise, bay leaf

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tbsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Garam masala1 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp

Mint leavesa handful

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Water2½ cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Grind coconut, cashews, fennel and poppy seeds to a smooth paste.
2Heat oil, fry whole spices, curry leaves and onions until golden. Add ginger garlic paste, then tomatoes and mint and cook to a mush.
3Add the powders and chicken and stir until coated. Add water and salt and pressure cook 2 whistles.
4Stir in the coconut paste and simmer 8 minutes. It should be thin and pourable.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

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Chicken salna

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