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🍗Chettinad Chicken with Parotta

Name: Chettinad Chicken with Parotta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Indian (South Indian)
Ingredients: 250 g chicken thighs; 1 medium onion; 2 medium tomato; 1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 inch cinnamon; 1 piece star anise; 1.5 tsp red chili powder; 3 tbsp coconut; 1 sprig curry leaves; 2 tbsp coconut oil; 2 piece parotta

Authentic south indian indian dinner you can cook at home in about 50 minutes. 12 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

50 min

Serves

Per serving

720 kcal

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients (1 servings)

250 gchicken thighs
1 mediumonion
2 mediumtomato
1.5 tbspginger garlic paste
1 tspfennel seeds
1 inchcinnamon
1 piecestar anise
1.5 tspred chili powder
3 tbspcoconut
1 sprigcurry leaves
2 tbspcoconut oil
2 pieceparotta

Instructions

1
Dry roast fennel, peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, and grated coconut. Grind to a paste with water.
2
In coconut oil, sauté onion until golden, add ginger-garlic paste, then tomato until pulpy.
3
Add chicken, chili powder, and the spice paste; cook on high 5 min, then cover and simmer 15 min.
4
Finish with curry leaves and a splash of water for gravy. Serve with hot parotta.

Nutrition per serving

720

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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