Monday 25 January 2010

Curried Chicken in Cardamom infused Coocnut milk

Who woudn't want to have a good chickenb curry. I do make lot of variety of food here at home. But after a week or so I need my delicous curry. And I am always looking for making some new ones.

One of the blogs I often visit is e.curry and I love Soma's recipes and her pictures are just inspiring and dishes are sensational.

According to her this hot steaming curry, used to be placed at the center of the table, & all us little kids eyed it with utmost enthusiasm, while waiting for our turns.
I have to admit she is correct, that is what happend here too. Hubby and daughter coudn't wait to digg into this when I made a week or so ago.
And I am sure this is one dishe which is going to be on my family table often.
Want to see how Soma's delcious curry looks like , then pop over to her place
4 Chicken Breasts Boneless, Skinless & cubed in to 1″ pieces
2 Medium sized Potatoes Peeled & Cubed
2 medium Onions Cut into half and sliced thinly into half moons
2″ piece of Ginger peeled and ground into paste
5 cloves of Garlic mashed
1/2 Cup Tomato Puree mixed with 1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon Turmeric
3 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder (Optional)
4 Cloves
8 Small Green Cardamoms
2″ Cinnamon stick
3/4 Cup of Coconut Milk
5-6 Tablespoons of Oil
Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
1/2 Cup Chopped Cilantro ( i used less)

Preparation:
Grind the seeds of 8 Green Cardamoms and mix it with the Coconut Milk and Keep aside.
Heat Oil in a deep Pan. Add the Cloves, & Cinnamom Sticks. When they start to sizzle, add the sliced Onions & the sugar. Fry till they are glazed & slightly brown.
Add the cubed chicken, salt, Turmeric & Chilli Powder & fry the Chicken tossing them often till they are light brown on almost all the sides.
Add the Potatoes, mashed Garlic, the ginger paste, & Tomato Puree fry at medium heat till the oil starts to bubble up and the mix leaves the sides of the pan. Be careful to scrape off the bottom of the pan often to prevent it from burning. If you feel the bottom is sticking too often, feel free to add few spoons of water.
Add the coconut milk with cardamom and potaoes; cook till the chicken pieces are tender. Switch off the heat and garnish with chopped cilantro.
I added 2 tsp of garam masala 5 minutes before the chicken was fully cooked. ( Optional , but i love it)
I have been making the chicken few times so made this today again and thought will add anew picture.

42 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Slurpppp!!such a delicious curried chicken, Soma have a lovely collection of dishes na..Beautiful clicks..

tigerfish said...

I need some roti now to eat with this.

FH said...

YUMMMMYYYY! Great photo too. Madam is learning fast and becoming an expert! Haha!!

Hi Finla(finally I can say full name instead of F!), good morning.How are you doing? I just woke up, sent the kid to school and having coffee. Not much went on last weekend except little shopping for Trisha, we will drop those off next Saturday and com back. College is so EXPENSIVE! HELP!!:D

Delicious looking curry, love the combo of Cardamom and Coconut milk. I might try too and take some to Trisha next week.
I made Butter chicken, Naan and some rice for Sunday lunch. I had this bottle of DEEP Tandoori paste, really works out well. I added lot of milk, some coriander pd and Garam masala. It was tasty.Usually these bottled pastes very vinegary, this had a smell of ginger, good product.Once you cook the paste, it has a nice taste.
Enjoy your day, hugs.

Anshika said...

Lovely chicken curry. The color has come out to be perfect and so tempting.

Kate/Kajal said...

Wow that curry looks so luscious and rich, i could just dive into it.

Malar Gandhi said...

Wow, hot and spicy curry looks very inviting...good with plain rice or rotis.

Ranjani said...

I think I'll try this with tofu, cardamom infused coconut milk does sound kind of neat!

Finla said...

Asha try make the chicken and take it ti Trush she will love it, here shyama loved it and she loved the potoe inside the curry too.
What brand is your tandoori paste.
Yeah i know i am dreading endof the year when S will start her college.

Ranjani try it with tofu, the fravy is anyway delicous.

Vrinda said...

Yummy and aromatic chicken curry....

Anonymous said...

This curried chicken sounds incredible! I love cardamom flavor!

Bong Mom said...

Sure must have been lovely. Looks yumm

suvi said...

looks absolutely awesome!! I love curries with such a rich colour as yours.

Soma said...

So glad that you like it!! Thanks for the mention dear HC.

Cham said...

OMG- U make me crave for this spicy chicken :) Ur pic is just awesome- great work!

Cilantro said...

Cardamom and coconut milk looks interesting and the pic tempts me more. Will give it a try.

Asha @ FSK said...

My Mom makes this!!! :)) oh with hot rice on a lazy Sunday afternoon it was always perfect!! :DD

indosungod said...

coconut milk and chicken are a pair that is hard to resist. This looks so good HC.

Gloria Baker said...

This look yummy, I love cardamom and coconut milk, really nice recipe. gloria

Juliana said...

Yummie, what a great combination of flavors...cardamon and coconut milk...look delicious :-)

Gita Jaishankar said...

Very different and interesting curry...looks so rich and creamy :)

Barbara Bakes said...

I haven't had cardamom or potatoes in curry. Looks great!

La Cuisine d'Helene said...

You always make great dishes in your kitchen.

Bombay-Bruxelles said...

Looks so good! I see that the new camera is being put to good use ;-)

Finla said...

Bombay-Brussels, This was taken last week, I hav eonly started using the new one from today.

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

That dish looks lovely! What a scrumptious combination!

Cheers,

Rosa

Thistlemoon said...

This looks incredibly amazing, Happy Cook! I love a good curry and need to make more of them at home!

Teresa Cordero Cordell said...

Happycook, you make all your dishes sound so exciting and exotic. What a wonderful cook you are.

Cakelaw said...

Yum - I'd be happy to dig into this!

Reeni said...

What a gorgeous curry! It looks incredibly delicious - I wish I could dig right in too!

AdukalaVishesham said...

looks very tasty and delicious

Sushma Mallya said...

looks delicious finla...

lissie said...

awesome clicks, Finla! the tomato paste has given a nice color to the curry...yummy!

Angie's Recipes said...

I must try your recipe for my next curry dish! It looks so much richer and better!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Lovely chicken curry.
Cardamom and coconut milk must have made a difference in taste. The gravy looks so rich ....YOu have a great blog. Glad to follow you
Deepa
http://hamareerasoi.blogspot.com/

Recipeswap said...

Its got an awesome color.bookmarked!

Unknown said...

wow!! the pic looks superb and am sure it tasted great too!! very colorful too :)

Preethi Rajeev said...

yumm the curry looks so declious, i am drroling her. following u


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Debbie said...

Wow...what a delicious looking dish. I would love to serve this for dinner one night!

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow...that's an awesome flavoured recipe....love to try this thick gravy based chicken...really yummy...

Tuty said...

Oh my... this is another curry recipe that I must try. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

Cynthia said...

Oh Finla, this sounds heavenly!

Rina said...

Should be gr8 w/ naan or roti..