Halwai February 28, 2025

Ingredients:

• 350 g – chicken, cut into medium pieces
• 100 g – Sambar Onion
• 1/2 inch long – Ginger
• 1/2 tsp – Turmeric
• 1 cup – Coconut Milk
• 4 tbsp – oil
• Ingredients to be ground into fine paste:
• 1 tsp – Poppy Seeds
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp – peppercorns
• 3 to 4 – cashews
• 2 tsp – chilli powder
• Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Heat oil in a pressure pan, add chicken, onion, ginger, turmeric powder and saute well till the raw smell goes away.
  2. Now lower the flame and add ground paste and coconut milk. When it starts boiling, add salt.
  3. Pressure cook for 15 mins until the chicken is done.
  4. This goes well with idli, dosa, chapatti, paratha and rice.

Recipe courtesy of Anuradha