1. Take whole chicken & donot remove the skin.As the taste is enhanced with the skin on. 2.Take little water & turmeric mixture .Apply it to the entire raw chicken. 3. Roast it on the stove top till it gets evenly coloured from outside. 4.Cut roasted chicken in pieces to add later in the curry. 5. For the curry ,take a pan add poppy seeds & allow it to splutter.Add coconut powder to it & cook well on low heat.Once done, blend the mixture which will be later added in the curry. 6. In another pan ,put oil,whole garam masala,onions ,ginger garlic paste,turmeric powder & saute well. 7.Add the poppyseed & coconut powder blended mixture to the onion masala.Add coriander powder,chilli powder & curry leaves to the curry & mixwell. 8.Add chicken pieces in the mixture & mix gently.Add little water if the mixture dries out.Put the lid & allow chicken to cook. 9.Grind fresh pepper corns.Add to the curry when it is 3/4th cooked.Continue cooking. 10.Garnish the curry with fresh coriander leaves & add salt if required. 11.Switch off the gas & let the curry settle for 5 mins so chicken absorbs the rich flavours from the curry. 12.Its ready to be served with rice/roti/naan. .
Recipe Tips
Serving Ideas
1. Donot add tomatoes before adding chicken in the curry inorder to avoid chicken to get rubber texture.
2. Refer the video carefully for stove top roasting of chicken.
1.Serve with roti/naan/rice.
2. During step 8 if u add few drops of water & allow the chicken to cook fr 20mins in dry mixture you will get a new dish 'Chicken Roast'