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Malaysian-Indian style Chicken Curry Recipe
by Padma Priya Manikam

Malaysian-Indian style Chicken Curry

This is fairly spicy curry that goes well with plain rice/biryani and all types of bread (Indian/Mediteranean/Western).

Rating: 4.5/5
Avg. 4.5/5 2 votes
Prep time: Malaysia Malaysian
Cook time: Servings: 1

Goes Well With: Rice, chapati

Wine and Drink Pairings: a semi sweet red wine

Ingredients

  • 1kg chicken or 15/16 pieces
  • 2 potatoes - cut into 4
  • 2 onions - sliced
  • 3-4 shallots (optional) - halved
  • 1 dried bay leaf (optional)
  • 1 lemon grass (optional) - bruised & cut into two
  • 1 tomato- cut into four
  • 1 red chilly & 1 green chily - slit
  • 1tbsp ginger garlic paste (for marinade)
  • 1 grated coconut - extract milk
  • 3 big spoon curry powder
  • 2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 1/2tsp black pepper powder
  • 2 tbsp kurma powder (optional)
  • 5-6 pieces curry leaves
  • Coriander leaves - small bunch for frying & garnishing
  • 1tsp turmeric powder (for marinade)
  • 1tsp cumin powder (for marinade)
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 cardamon pods
  • 2 cloves
  • 1tsp fennel seeds
  • 1tsp urid dal
  • 1tsp cumin seeds
  • Salt & sugar to taste

Directions

  1. Marinade the chicken with turmeric powder, cumin powder, salt and ginger-garlic paste and set aside.
  2. Take the coconut milk in a bowl, add the curry powder,chily powder,pepper powder and or kurma powder. Mix well and keep aside.
  3. In a pot, pour some cooking oil and add the dry spices like cardamon,anise,pods,cloves and all the seeds and urid dal. Fry for a second then add the onions,shallots,tomatoes,lemon grass,bay leaf and the potatoes. Fry for awhile and cover to let the onions brown a little.
  4. Then add the marinaded chicken with some water. Mix well to coat the above ingredients and cover to let the chicken to half cook.
  5. When chicken is half cook, add the coconut milk mixture and mix. Let the curry boil to a thick consistency and the potatoes should cook (not mashed).
  6. Add salt and a pinch of sugar to taste.
  7. Finally garnish with coriander leaves.