Ingredients

• 1 chicken
• 6 small onions
• 5 cloves garlic
• 2 tomatoes
• 4 red chillies
• 1 tsp - black pepper
• 1 tsp - fennel
• 1/2 tsp - cumin
• 1/2 tsp - fenugreek
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp - turmeric
• 1 piece cinnamon stick
• 1/4 coconut

How to Make Kozhi Mulugu Varuval Chettinad

• Skin, clean and cut chicken into 10 pieces
• Peel garlic and onion
• Roast chillies, black pepper and half the amount of fennel and cumin
• Grind to make a coarse powder
• Add sliced onion and garlic and pound with spices
• Heat oil in a fry pan. Add whole fenugreek and fennel. Add roughly chopped tomatoes and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the chicken and fry well till brown. Add salt and turmeric. Add cinnamon stick and pound onion, garlic and spices. Cook on a slow fire till chicken is three-fourth done.
• Add ground coconut, ground ginger.
• Continue cooking till chicken is cooked and dry