Chettinad Chicken Recipe | Pepper Chicken Chettinad style | Pepper chicken Recipe

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How to cook pepper chicken in chetinadu style

Health benefits of chicken

Chicken is one of the best non-vegetarian sources of protein. It is lean meat, which means that it contains more amount of proteins and less amount of fat.  Apart from protein, chicken is rich in several minerals like phosphorus and calcium, that helps keeps bones in mint condition. Also, it has selenium which has been known to cut risk of arthritis.

Ingredients

• Chicken bone less 1/2 kg
• Coconut oil 
• Curry leaves 
• Ginger paste 
• Garlic paste
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 1 large tomato finely chopped
• Red chilli 4 nos 
• Feenal seeds 1 tsp
• Cinnamon 1 
• Chilli powder 2 tsp
• Crushed peppercorns 4 tsp 
• Jeera powder 1/2 tsp 
• Dry coconut pieces finely chopped 2 tsp

Method of preparation

• Take a pan add  4 tsp coconut oil and add hand full  of curry leaves , 4 red chilli, 1 tsp fennel seeds ,  1 cinnamon stick
• Now add ginger paste and garlic paste cook until the raw smell goes
• Add chopped onions and tomatoes add salt as required  let it cook for 10 mins
• Add the chicken pieces and redchilli powder mix it well
• Add 1cup water and cover cook it for about 20 min
• Now add 4 tsp crushed peppers and  1/2 tsp jeera powder and cook it with out the lid till the water get evaporated
• Now add the chopped dry coconut pieces and 3 tsp coconut oil . garnish it with some chopped coriander leaves

Tasty pepper chicken chetinadu style is ready now . You can have this recipe with steamed rice , dosa,chapti, parotta, Naan

-Foodlecious