Name: Madurai Chicken Saalna
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 lb Chicken; Turmeric powder (a pinch); 1 Onion (cut into length wise); 2 Tomato (chopped); Salt (as rqrd); 1) For grinding: (Masala (Masala); 1 tbsp Corriander seeds; 7 nos Red chillies; 1 tbsp Black pepper; 1 tbsp Cumin seeds; 1 pod Ginger; 6 to Garlic; Curry leaves (few); 1/2 Onion; 1 Bay leaf; 2 Cloves; 1 Cinammon stick; 1 Cardamom; Oil

Madurai Chicken Saalna

Authentic gravy for rotis

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

1 lb Chicken
Turmeric powder a pinch
1 Onion cut into length wise
2 Tomato chopped
Salt as rqrd
1) For grinding: (Masala Masala
1 tbsp Corriander seeds
7 nos Red chillies
1 tbsp Black pepper
1 tbsp Cumin seeds
1 pod Ginger
6 to Garlic
Curry leaves few
1/2 Onion

For seasoning:

1 Bay leaf
2 Cloves
1 Cinammon stick
1 Cardamom
Oil

Instructions

Grind the ingredients mentioned in Masala 1 to a fine paste. Keep aside.
Then grind the ingredients mentioned in Masala 2 and keep it aside.
Heat some oil in a pan.
Add the chopped onions and saute it.
Add tomatoes and fry them until they are cooked well.
Add masala - 1 to this.
Allow it to cook for about 7 min until the raw smell goes off.
Add chicken, salt, 2 cups water, and turmeric powder to it and allow the chicken to cook well.
Once the chicken is cooked, simmer the stove and now add masala - 2. :- Do not allow the mixture to boil after adding masala 2.
Cook this for 5 min on a medium flame until the oil separates on the top of the gravy.
Turn off the stove and keep it aside.
Heat oil in another pan.
Add bayleaf, cardamom, cinammon stick, cloves. Add this seasoning mixture to the cooked gravy.
Garnish it with plenty of corriander leaves.
:- Serve hot.
:- Goes well with parata, chapathi, idly, dosa and boiled rice

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Response (3)

m

mallu chef March 6, 2008

it has a very different taste than the other chicken recipes on pachakam. my wife liked it a lot, i didnt like it as much.

j

jayakarthik March 24, 2008

thank you for sharing this recipe with us, it came out well but since we are vegetarians i prefered to substitute the chicken with potato probably its becoz of it the recipe didnt turn out as i wished
the rest was good. thank you once again.

S

SM September 25, 2006

Awesome recipe. I tried it and it couldn`t have come out better. Thanks for the recipe.

Madurai Chicken Saalna