Chicken Vellai Kuruma, Chicken White Kurma Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup fresh shredded coconut
• 10 cashews
• 2 tablespoon white poppy seeds (khus khus)
• 1 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds (sombu)
• 2 inch piece ginger ( yes, thats a lot of ginger )
• 7 green chillies
• 1 teaspoon peanut oil
• 3 cardamom
• 3 cloves
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 500 grams chicken thigh with bone
• Green chillies for garnish

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak the cashews and poppy seeds in water for 10 minutes.

2. 2

   Grind all the ingredients listed under masala to a smooth paste. Use about a cup of water to grind the masala.

3. 3

   Heat oil in a pressure pan. Add in the cardamom and cloves. Add in the chopped onions and fry for a couple of minutes.

4. 4

   Add in the ground masala paste, a cup of water and salt. Add in the chicken pieces.

5. 5

   Cover the pressure pan and cook for 15 minutes on a low flame.

6. 6

   Remove from heat and wait for the pressure to be released from the cooker.

7. 7

   Serve hot with chapati, appam or idiyappam.