Green Chicken With Coconut-Coriander 

Sauce

Over the weekend, we had invited some of our friends for lunch. I also wanted to take some food to a friend. I had to decide what to make for lunch very quickly. While searching for recipes, I found this recipe, which I had copied down from aayi’s notebook. I gave it a try and loved the taste of it. I served it dry, but this can also be served as a gravy by adding some water and thinning the sauce down.

Ingredients:

2 lb chicken (I used boneless tender breast pieces)

1 tea spn coriander seeds

1 cup onion

5-6 green chillies

6-7 cloves

1″ cinnamon

2-3 cardamom

1 tea spn shah jeera

1/2 cup coconut (I used desiccated coconut)

4-5 peppers

1 cup coriander leaves

1 tea spn ginger-garlic paste

1/4 cup tomatoes

Oil

Salt

Method:

Heat oil and add 1/2 cup onion, green chillies for few minutes. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, coriander seeds, shah jeera, coconut, pepper and fry till a nice aroma comes out.

Grind all with coriander leaves. Add the paste to chicken pieces and keep aside for 15-20mins.

Heat a little oil and fry remaining onion, ginger-garlic paste till onions become slightly brownish. Add tomatoes, salt fry for a min. Add chicken along with all the paste. Cook till done.

Serves : 4-5

Preparation time : 40mins