Kerala Chicken Roast - without coconut (Nadan Chicken Roast) Recipe

Chicken cooked and roasted in spicy onion tomato gravy. This recipe is adapted from my mom and a quite easy kerala style chicken tomato roast recipe. Must dish for Sunday lunch and any other special occasions. One of my favorites and a quite delicious one! Goes well with rice and chapathi / Indian breads.

Summary

(1,025 votes, average: 4.48 out of 5)

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Course side dish
Cuisine kerala
Yield 6 serving
Cooking Time 90 minutes
Total Time 90 minutes

Ingredients

chicken

1 Kilogram

Marination

Chilly Powder

2 tsps

turmeric Powder

1 tsp

salt

1 tsp

Gravy

Onions (medium)

salt

curry leaves

3 sprig

green chilly

garlic paste

1 tbsp

ginger paste

1 tbsp

Chilly Powder

4 Teaspoons

coriander Powder

5 Teaspoons

Ani seeds powder

2 Teaspoons

garam masala Powder

2 Teaspoons

tomato (medium)

coriander leaves

2 tbsps

coconut oil / vegetable oil

Garnish

ghee

1 tsp

cashew nut

2 tbsps

coriander leaves

Steps

Marinate chicken with ingredients listed under marination for 1 hour
Heat oil in a pan. Add sliced onion, green chillies, curry leaves and some salt. Salt absorbs moisture from onion and helps onion to get cooked fast.
Once onion turns brown, add ginger and garlic paste and saute it well. ** Onion should be well sauteed in this recipe. So never compromise on this step 🙂
Add chilli powder, coriander powder, aniseeds powder and garam masala powder to the above mix and saute it well. Add oil as required.
Add chopped tomatoes to the mix and saute well
Once tomatoes are cooked well, adjust salt in the gravy. Add marinated chicken pieces to it. Add some chopped coriander leaves.
Cook until chicken is cooked and the gravy is consistent. Allow water to dry up from the gravy.
If you want a dry roast, saute it for some more time. Add 1 - 2 tbsp oil if needed. Mostly, chicken fat will help you to roast and you might not need extra oil. Garnish it with coriander leaves and ghee roasted cashew nuts.

Kerala Chicken Roast – without coconut (Nadan Chicken Roast)

37 Comments

Cherian Thomas Classic kerala style non veg

6 years ago
Soumya Sivadas janechechi this luks yummy... have u used chicken masala powder or is it the plain garam masala?

5 years ago
Jane Jojo Soumya, I used plain garam masala powder .

5 years ago
Mijo 'N' Nameetha Jane chechi , curry looks yummy :) Are the measurements in tsp ?

5 years ago
Mijo 'N' Nameetha and is it Small Onion ?

5 years ago
Jane Jojo Measurements are in tsp. I have updated :) And it is normal onion.

5 years ago
Titty Jacob Hi Jane, the roast was excellent ! Here's my wife's special thanks. My 3 yr. old son who never took chicken before was literally in the roast pot yesternight during supper.

4 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks a lot for trying it out :)

4 years ago
Lakshmi tried and tastes good.. i added a bit of whipped curd to make it a currry...

4 years ago
Krishnan Jeesha Only one word . . . Awesome :) . . Just made it and it is arguably the best chicken dish I have made . . Although used up all the onions and tomatoes mom had kept . . You should say the size of onion too . . I used mediumish large onions . . and 5 to 6 sufficed . . and four tomatoes again mediumish large 4 :) . .

4 years ago
yasminsaju Looks great to see. Today I must try

3 years ago
lakshmy Simply Delicious.. my kids and hubby love it!!

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks Lakshmy :) Yasmin, Try it out and let me know how it turned out for you..

3 years ago
yasminsaju Little bit more spicy. But I love it .important thing my son was happy vit .Thanks my dear.

3 years ago
varshitha prabhakar luvd it..:) mouth s watering...

3 years ago
Bushan Rao Tried it today..thank you :)

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks for trying it out :)

3 years ago
Bushan Rao Jane..I posted a pic on my wall. It came out well but a lil thick gravy :(

3 years ago
Amith Manohar Just tried it...turned out really well

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks Amit!

3 years ago
Shyam Gopal i don't have coconut oil gotta try with normal veg oil

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Coconut oil gives the authentic taste. You can try with any other vegetable oil.

3 years ago
Shyam Gopal Yes :) ,I tried it! Turned out awesome! Thank you

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks for trying it out, Shyam!

3 years ago
Remya Unnikrishnan It seems to be so..tempting.im gonna try this today😊

3 years ago
Neetu Shibu Jane .. I tried this and it became real hit . Thanks

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Great to hear that Neetu :)

3 years ago
Ajin George Jane...I tried this dish today, it was super awesome 😀

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks Ajin for trying it out! Contribute your pic :)

3 years ago
Ajin George Done ! :)

3 years ago
tisha thomas hi jane, i tried this recipe as well for a potluck. All my friends loved it. Thank you so much for the recipe. I have subsituted tomato with a Tbsp of lemon juice and added some coconut chips as well. it was soo yumm. This is your second recipe I'm trying. i should tell that you are a great cook. Cheers.

2 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks a lot for trying it out! You made my day :) Contribute your pic :)

2 years ago
Vipin MV hii jane ........... We tried this, it was very tasty....

2 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks Vipin!! Contribute your pic :)

2 years ago
shine paramel Hi Jane, I just made this for my dinner and took it to office ... Got a few fans following...

2 years ago
Jane Jojo Thatz great :) Contribute your pic!

2 years ago
shine paramel Unfortunately no... The moment I heated it in microwave it got vanished...

2 years ago
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