Chicken Curry

Grandma Chicken Curry: Curry recipe cooked my grandmother style
Ingredients:

• 1 Whole chicken
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 cup coconut powder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• few  curry leaves
• few  garam masala(whole)
• 2 tsp ginger garlic paste to fry oil
• 1/2 cup onion
• few  peppercorns
• 3 tsp poppy seeds to taste salt

  Method
1. Take whole chicken & do not 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 colored 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 poppy seed & coconut powder blended mixture to the onion masala. Add coriander powder,chili powder & curry leaves to the curry & mix well.

 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 min so chicken absorbs the rich flavors from the curry. 12.Its ready to be served with rice/ roti/ naan.