Name: Pollachi Chicken Masala
Prep time: 240 min
Total time: 240 min
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken (Remove skin and chop into pieces. Wash it and keep it aside); Mustard seeds (Few); Curry leaves (Few); 1 no Red onion (diced); 1 no Tomato (chopped); 1 tbsp Baba meat masala; 1 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 1 tbsp chilli powder; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; 1 tbsp Coriander powder; 1 tbsp Fennel seed powder (Perumjeerakam); 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 nos Star anise (crushed, Thakkolam); 2 leaves Bay leaf (Karuga ela); 1 clove Garlic; Ginger (A small piece)

Pollachi Chicken Masala

Dish made with chicken maryland with masala paste

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Prep Time 4

Total Time 4

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 kg Chicken Remove skin and chop into pieces. Wash it and keep it aside
Mustard seeds Few
Curry leaves Few
1 no Red onion diced
1 no Tomato chopped
1 tbsp Baba meat masala

TO marinate the chicken overnight or for 2 hours(crush or make fine paste):

1 1/2 tsp Turmeric
1 tbsp chilli powder
1 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 tbsp Fennel seed powder Perumjeerakam
1 1/2 tsp Salt
2 nos Star anise crushed, Thakkolam
2 leaves Bay leaf Karuga ela
1 clove Garlic
Ginger A small piece

Instructions

Marinate the chicken pieces with prepared masala paste and keep overnight in fridge or keep aside for 2 hours. Meanwhile, add 1 tbsp of sunflower oil in a pan and heat it.
Add mustard seeds and then add curry leaves.
Add ginger-garlic paste and fry in slow heat for a minute.
Add 1 glass of water, red onions and 1 diced tomato and fry for 10 minutes in slow heat. 5)Add 1 tbsp of Baba meat masala and the marinated chicken with 1 glass of water.
Cook the chicken in a closed vessel for 20 minutes in slow heat.
Then add fresh coriander and cook it for 10 mins in medium heat till a semi gravy consistency is reached.
Serve the dish with roti and rice.

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Pollachi Chicken Masala