Kerala Chicken Curry
Kerala Chicken Curry is a Kerala Indian lunch dish made with chicken pieces, coconut oil, onion, ginger-garlic paste and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 50 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~620 kcal
- Course
- Lunch
- Cuisine
- Kerala (Indian)
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Ingredients
What goes into Kerala Chicken Curry. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Chicken pieces
- Coconut oil
- Onion
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Tomatoes
- Curry leaves
- Kerala curry powder
- Thin coconut milk
- Thick coconut milk
- Salt
Method
- 1Heat coconut oil; sauté onion, ginger-garlic paste, and curry leaves until golden.
- 2Add chopped tomatoes and cook until soft and pulpy.
- 3Stir in Kerala curry powder and cook briefly until fragrant.
- 4Add chicken pieces and sauté until browned.
- 5Pour in thin coconut milk and simmer until chicken is tender.
- 6Stir in thick coconut milk; heat gently without boiling. Season with salt.
- 7Serve hot with rice or appam.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
