Chicken Chukka Varuval

Chukka or sukka usually refers to a South Indian meat dish (mostly mutton but these days, you can find all kinds of meat being used) that is prepared using a myriad of spices and aromatics. The meat is cooked on low fire so that the spices get to do its work. A spicy, flavoursome preparation where the meat is juicy and succulent with the aroma of the spices wafting through……

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Chicken Chukka Varuval

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian, Tamil Nadu

Ingredients

• Chicken boneless – 500 gms
• Red onion – 1 finely chopped
• Cinnamon bark – ½ inch
• Cloves – 2
• Fennel/perinjeera seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – a big handful
• Black pepper powder – 2 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Ginger paste – ½ tsp
• Garlic paste – ½ tsp
• Salt – to season
• Oil – 5 tbsp

Instructions

• Marinate the chicken pieces with salt, chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste for upto 1 hour or longer.
• Dry roast cinnamon, cloves and fennel; grind to fine powder.
• Heat oil in a kadai/pan and sauté onions till translucent.
• Add all the spices and curry leaves, sauté for a minute on low heat.
• Add the marinated chicken pieces and cook on low fire, occasionally stirring, till the meat becomes juicy and succulent.