20 CHICKEN FRY / VARUVAL

Chicken fry/Koli varuval is a semi dry dish that can also be made as a dry dish depending
upon our taste. This is an authentic recipe made in my house by grandma and mom. Mykids too love this but with less spice.
As promised couldnotpost earlier as said in my previous post. The net and phone connection
was not working due to some cable wires that was cut. Lot of construction is going on in
Bangalore and one underpass/subway work hasbeen started nearmy place and now everything has
been fixed and am back to blogging work.

Let's get back to the recipe. We need

Chicken -1 lb ( washed and cubed)

Small onion - around 10

Red chillies - 8 to 12( or more depending upon the spice can add more)

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriander seeds - 5 tsp

Cumin seeds - 2 tsp

Pepper corns - 1 tsp

cardamom seeds - 3

Shah jeera/fennel seeds -1tbsp

Curry leaves - few

Coconut - 1/2 cup grated

Oil - 4 tbsp( preferably gingelly oil)

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Salt as needed

Heat a tsp of oil and fry cumin seeds,coriander seeds, fennel seeds, pepper corns,
elaichi(2) and red chillies in low flame without changing their colour. Keep aside. Late
grind them to a fine paste with very little water.
Peel small onions and grind to a thick paste. Keep aside.
Heat 3 tbsp of oil and add chicken pieces and fry in the oil for 3 - 4 minutes until they
change in colour.Next add small onion paste and turmeric powder. Reduce flame and cover and
cook till raw smell leaves and has thickened. Then add the spice powder paste and cook again
for 4 - 5 minutes.

Finally add coconut paste( grind coconut and a cardamom with water to a
thick paste). Can add a cup of water and required salt. Cook till it has thickened and
chicken is cooked.
Sending this CWS- Pepper event hosted by mehttp://padmasrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/05/cooking-with-seeds-pepper.html and event started by Priya http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/01/cooking-with-seeds-host-line-up.html.Heat the remaining oil and temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves.