How to Easy To Try At Home Naatukozhi Kuzhambu Country Chicken Curry

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Naatukozhi Kuzhambu Country Chicken Curry. Naatu Kozhu Elumbu Kuzhambu is usually prepared whenever there is a big gathering or a feast in houses. It is such mild and flavorful gravy. Usually, it is cooked with the left out bone pieces without adding many spices in a coconut-based gravy.

Thus, some people avoid country chicken.

Basically, people make country chicken curry a little spicier and eat with rice.

Naatu Kozhi Kuzhambu / Country Chicken Curry - with Coconut, a yummy and spicy chicken curry prepared from fresh ground masala.

You can cook Naatukozhi Kuzhambu Country Chicken Curry using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Naatukozhi Kuzhambu Country Chicken Curry

You need of Country Chicken pieces.
It’s of Turmeric powder.
It’s of Castor Oil.
You need of Ginger garlic paste.
Prepare of Sesame Oil.
Prepare of Coriander seeds.
Prepare of Fennel seeds.
It’s of Cumin seeds.
You need of Pepper corns.
Prepare of Dry Red Chillies.
It’s of Fenugreek seeds.
It’s of Cinnamon stick.
You need of cloves.
It’s of Curry leaves.
Prepare of Shallots.
You need of Small size Tomato roughly chopped.
It’s of Grated Coconut.
You need of Green Chilli.
You need of Rock Salt.
It’s of Water.
You need of Coriander leaves.
It’s of For Tempering.
It’s of Coconut Oil or Sunflower Oil.
Prepare of Mustard seeds.
Prepare of Shallots roughly chopped.
You need of Curry leaves.

Pearl onions (Sambar Vengayam), red chilies and coriander powder are fried and blended together.

We are using this as base masala along with coconut paste.

You can imagine how the curry might have turned out with all.

But, country chicken takes time to cook and hence recommended.

Naatukozhi Kuzhambu Country Chicken Curry step by step

Wash the chicken pieces twice by adding some turmeric powder..
In a pressure cooker, add chicken pieces, 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and castor oil. Cover and cook for 7 whistles..
Open the cooker lid once the pressure goes off..
In a kadai, add 1 tsp Sesame Oil, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns, red chillies, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves. Fry it in medium flame till we get a nice aroma from it or till it turns light brown colour. Transfer to a bowl. Cool it completely..
In the same kadai, add 2 tsp Sesame Oil and shallots. Saute in medium flame till it becomes translucent. And then add tomatoes and saute for 5 mins. Transfer to another bowl. Cool it completely..
Add the 1st roasted items in a mixie grind it to a powder. Then add the onion tomato mixture, grated coconut,1/2 tsp Turmeric powder, green chilli and grind to a smooth paste by adding water gradually..
In a currypan, add the cooked chicken along with that water and add the ground paste. Add salt and required water. Mix well. Cover with a lid and cook till raw smell goes off and chicken gets cooked..
In a tadka pan, add the ingredients given for tempering. Saute till shallots becomes translucent. Add this to the Kuzhambu or Curry. Mix well..
Garnish with coriander leaves. Now its ready to serve hot with rice, idli and dosa..

You shall use any curry powder that you use for non-veg recipes.

This curry is also called as nattu kozhi kuzhambu / naattu kozhi kulambu / nadan kozhi curry / village style chicken curry / chicken kulambu recipe and like so.

Country chicken / nattu kozhi / house chicken is the term used to refer the chickens which have been raised in the villages.

Now back to today's recipe, this one is a authentic chicken kulambu recipe.

They call for local ingredients and fresh ground spices which take this chicken curry to a whole new level.