Tamil Nadu

Pallipalayam chicken

Name: Pallipalayam chicken
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kongu
Ingredients: 500 g boneless small pieces chicken, boneless; 15 halved shallots; 8 to 10 broken dried red chilli; 1/3 cup thin slivers or grated fresh grated coconut; 6 cloves crushed garlic; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 3 tbsp coconut oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 3 sprigs curry leaves; Salt, to taste

Just shallots, coconut slivers and dried red chillies. Kongu cooking proves less is more.

35 minTime

30 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayCoconut oil, broken chillies, shallots and nothing else.

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Pallipalayam chicken as Erode makes it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless500 g boneless, small pieces

Shallots15, halved

Dried red chilli8 to 10, broken

Fresh grated coconut⅓ cup, thin slivers or grated

Garlic6 cloves, crushed

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Coconut oil3 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves3 sprigs

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Rub chicken with turmeric and salt and keep aside 10 minutes.
2Heat coconut oil, splutter mustard, add curry leaves, broken red chillies and garlic. Fry until the chillies darken slightly.
3Add shallots and saute until soft and translucent.
4Add chicken, cook covered until done, then uncover and fry until dry. Add coconut and roast 3 more minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

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Pallipalayam chicken

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