Chicken thoran|ചിക്കൻ തോരൻ | Chicken starter recipe|Kerala recipes|Preeja's Cookbook

Chicken thoran | ചിക്കൻ തോരൻ

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken - 500g (small cubes)

Small onion / Ulli / Shallot - 3/4 cup

Onion sliced - 1 (big size)

Green chilli - 3 to 4 ( depends on your spice tolerance)

Ginger - 1 inch piece

garlic cloves - 5

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Dried red chilli - 2

Curry leaves - few

Coconut oil - 3 Tbsp

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriader powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method :

1. Cut the boneless chicken into small pieces.

2. Add small onion , garlic and ginger into a mixer . Grind into a coarse paste. You can use mortar and pestle or ammikallu also.

3. Heat an earthen pot / Kadai on medium heat and add 2 Tbsp of coconut oil.

4. When oil heats up , add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to crackle , add dried red chilli and curry leaves. Saute it for 30 seconds.

5. Add the onion mixture , and saute it until it start to change its color into light brown.

6. Add green chilli and mix well. Add coriander powder, salt and pepper powder and saute it until the raw smell of spices gone.

6. Add sliced onion and chicken pieces. Mix well . No need to add water.

7. Cover and cook it . You have to stir it after every 10 minutes to prevent the chicken pieces sticking in bottom of pot.

8. Add grated coconut, fennel seeds, red chilli powder and turmeric powder into a mixing bowl and mix it well using your hand.

9. After 10 minutes of cooking, add the coconut mixture and mix well. Cover and cook it .

10. When the chicken pieces almost cooked , add 1 Tbsp of coconut oil and garam masala . Roast the chicken by stirring it continuously.

11. The color of coconut and chicken pieces will start to change and you will get dry chicken starter.

12. Add pepper powder if you want . Serve the chicken thoran with rice and rasam . Enjoy!!!

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