Kodi Vepudu – Simple Chicken Fry

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Ingredients:

1 kg chicken, washed and cut into medium sized pieces

1/4 tsp turmeric

1 1/2 tsps chilli pwd

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 onion, coarsely crushed

1 tsp ghee

garam masala pwd (1″ dalchini, 1 elaichi and 4 cloves finely ground)

few curry leaves

2 slit green chillis

salt to taste

1 tbsp oil

 Mix the washed chicken with chilli pwd, coriander pwd, turmeric pwd, ginger garlic paste and ghee and keep aside for 5 mts.

 Add few tbsps water, crushed onion and salt to the marinated chicken and cook till the water has almost evaporated and the chicken turns soft. This could take approx 25-30 mts.

Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add curry leaves and green chillis and saute for a few seconds, add the cooked chicken along with any left over gravy and cook on high heat for 3 mts. Reduce flame to medium and sprinkle the garam masala pwd and saute further for another 2 mts.

 Serve hot with white steamed rice or rotis.