Nilgiri Style Chicken curry

Nilgiri style Chicken curry is a delicious curry bursting with flavors.It  is cooked in typical south indian style.I got this amazing recipe from FoodFood TV channel  has featured on cook smart. I saved this post in the draft for a rainy day.These kind of foods will help us enjoy the monsoon in the best possible way. ... The chill which the rain brings is best complemented with hot, tangy, spicy curry.

Ingredients

For main dish;

1. 1kg-Chicken on Bone cut into medium sized pieces on bone  

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   3-Onions Finely chopped

3. 6 tablespoons-Yogurt 

4. 2 tablespoons-Oil

5.  4-5-Cloves

6. 1 tablespoon-Ginger-garlic paste 

7. 1/4 teaspoon-Turmeric powder 

8. 1 teaspoon-Coriander powder 

9. Salt to taste

10. A few thin strips of red capsicum for garnishing

11. A few thin strips of ginger for garnishing

For paste;

1. Spinach blanched 1 medium bunch

2. 1/2 bunch-Fresh mint leaves roughly chopped

3. 1/2 bunch-Fresh coriander leaves roughly chopped 

4. 10-Green chillies roughly chopped

5.  1 teaspoon-Fennel seeds (saunf)

6. 1 cup-Scraped fresh coconut 

Method :

• For the paste, put spinach, mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies, fennel seeds and coconut with a little water in a mixer jar and grind to a fine paste.

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  Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan, add cloves and onions and sauté for a minute. Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chicken and salt and mix well. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.

• Add the ground paste and mix well.

• Add yogurt and mix well. Cover and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes.

• Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot garnished with red capsicum(here i have used fresh red chillies) and ginger strips.