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    Published: Aug 27, 2014 · Modified: Jan 12, 2025 by Jane Jojo

    Kerala Style Chicken Curry - without coconut (Nadan kozhi curry)

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    I otherwise call this Red Chicken Curry for it's brilliant red gravy. Chicken curry well flavored with spices. This recipe is my evolved kind of nadan chicken curry. It goes well with pathiri, any sort of rice variants (ghee rice, pulao, normal rice), chapathi, appam or any other Indian breads. It is an easy peasy recipe for kerala chicken curry which suits for a weekday menu. Good one for bachelors and newbies.

    For more Kerala chicken recipes, check out

    Chicken curry with coconut milk
    Chicken Stew
    Chicken cutlet
    Chicken fry
    Pepper chicken roast
    Chicken tomato roast
    Chicken biriyani
    Marry Me Chicken Curry

    Kerala Style Chicken Curry - without coconut (Nadan kozhi curry)

    Jane Jojo
    Chicken curry well flavored with spices. It goes well with pathiri, any sort of rice variants ( ghee rice, pulao, normal rice) and any Indian bread. It is an easy peasy recipe for kerala chicken curry which suits for a weekday menu. Good one for bachelor's and newbies to cooking also.
    3.55 from 102 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 50 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, kerala
    Servings 6 serving
    Calories 245 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 kg chicken

    Marination

    • 1 teaspoon pepper powder
    • ¾ teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt

    Masala Gravy

    • 3 numbers onion (medium)
    • 1 tablespoon ginger (grinded)
    • 1 tablespoon garlic (grinded)
    • 2 tbsps Kashmiri Chilli Powder
    • 4 tsps coriander Powder
    • 1 teaspoon garam masala Powder
    • 1 teaspoon fennel Powder
    • 3 numbers curry leaves (Sprig)
    • 2 numbers tomato (medium)
    • 1 ½ cups water
    • 3 tablespoon coriander leaves (chopped)
    • 3 tablespoon Coconut oil or Vegetable oil
    • salt

    Instructions
     

    • Marinate the cleaned chicken pieces with the ingredients listed under marination. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.
    • Slice onion into very small pieces so that it would be easy for it to get mashed into the gravy while chicken gets cooked.
    • In a kadai, heat the oil. When oil is hot, add the sliced onions, curry leaves, and salt. Adding salt helps the onion to get cooked fast.
    • Saute the onions until it is lightly brown in color. Add ginger and garlic, saute well.
    • Once sauteed well, add chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala,fennel powder and saute. Add oil as needed to fry the masalas. ** This is a bit spicy curry. So adjust chilly powder according to your spice tolerance level.
    • Grind the tomatoes. Once masalas are done, add tomato into it.
    • Saute for around 5 minutes in medium flame, until tomatoes are cooked.
    • Add water. Bring it to boil and adjust salt in the gravy. Then add marinated chicken pieces. Stir till the chicken pieces are well coated.
    • Cover and cook until chicken is done. It will take around 20 minutes.
    • Coriander leaves are optional. Add it only if you like the coriander leaves flavor. Boil till the gravy is up to the consistency desired.
    • Serve it with pathiri, any sort of rice variants ( ghee rice, pulao, normal rice) and any Indian breads 🙂

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    Notes

     

    • Coconut oil is preferred to get the authentic taste.
    • It tastes the best with chicken with skin or chicken with fat.
    • Kashmiri chilli powder gives the bright red color to the gravy.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 332gCalories: 245kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 16gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 492mgPotassium: 233mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 964IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Avatar for Neeraj_Menon Neeraj_Menon says:
      September 6, 2014

      Naadan Kozhi Curry & Chor (Rice) !! Huff mind-blowing stuff !!

      Can also be tried out with Chappathi or Naan.

    2. Avatar for Shalini_Nair Shalini_Nair says:
      September 10, 2014

      wow yum

    3. Avatar for Joby_Com Joby_Com says:
      October 1, 2014

      Yummy!

    4. Avatar for Emarin_Anto Emarin_Anto says:
      October 12, 2014

      Not sure if u remember me jane

    5. Avatar for Emarin_Anto Emarin_Anto says:
      October 12, 2014

      Happen to see this recipe and it turned out really super. .by the way I was ur senior in mec

    6. Avatar for JaneJojo JaneJojo says:
      October 12, 2014

      I got you :) Thanks for trying it out :)

    7. Avatar for guruvishnu guruvishnu says:
      December 10, 2014

      Awsum ;)

    8. Avatar for arunjosetom arunjosetom says:
      December 11, 2014

      its good

    9. Avatar for Jay Jay says:
      December 13, 2014

      Thanks Jane for another red curry. Tried it and it was wonderful!

    10. Avatar for JaneJojo JaneJojo says:
      December 13, 2014

      Thanks Jay! Contribute your pic :)

    11. Avatar for Jay Jay says:
      December 13, 2014

      Already did :)

    12. Avatar for Hafiz_M_Abdullatheef Hafiz_M_Abdullatheef says:
      December 26, 2014

      good

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