Chicken drumstick masala

Chicken drumstick coconut masala

Chicken drumstick coconut masala is a unique and traditional recipe of South India. Here in this recipe Chicken drumstick is cooked in a fried spicy aromatic coconut mixture. This is a non vegetarian side dish goes well with rice, porotta and with any type of breads.

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INGREDIENTS

Chicken drumstick – 1000 gm / 1 Kg

Roasted coconut (freshly grated) – 200 gm / 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste – 30 gm / 2 Tbspn

Turmeric powder – 3 gm / ¼ Tspn

Coriander powder – 14 gm / 2 Tspn

Chilli powder – 14 gm / 2 Tspn

Salt – 3 gm / ¼ Tspn

Black Pepper powder – 3 gm / ¼ Tspn

Oil – 30 gm / 2 Tbspn

Chicken skin from drumstick

Dry red chilli – 3 nos.

Curry leaf – 8 leaves

Green chilli – 3 nos.

Coconut oil – 7 gm / 1 Tspn

For Making Chicken drumstick coconut masala.

METHOD

To marinate chicken

In a bowl put chicken drumsticks, add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, black pepper powder and salt.Mix it altogether and keep it aside.

To make roasted coconut paste

Put freshly grated coconut in a pan and roast it until it gets golden brown colour.Put the roasted coconut in a mixer jar, add water just to cover the roasted coconut and grind it in to a fine paste.

To make chicken drumstick masala

In a pan pour oil, when the oil is hot put chicken skin and saute until it gets crispy.This is to extract the fat from the chicken skin and to infuse the flavour into the oil. This method is called rendering.After doing this you can discard the skin or keep it aside for garnish.Now fry chicken drumstick in the same oil that is been rendered. Sear both the sides for 2 mins each.Break dry red chilli with your hand and put it to the chicken.Now pour the roasted coconut paste, mix it. Saute until the chicken is cooked.If needed cover the pan with a lid and cook the chicken until the water gets reduced.Now add curry leaf, slit green chilli and coconut oil. Saute for a minute.Chicken coconut drumstick masala is ready to serve, plate as per in the video.

Recipe By chef Bobby geetha

Chef Bobby geetha is our Indian consultant chef for Brand Finediningindian . Developed High end Indian and international cuisine restaurants. He is one the Top 10 chef at BBC master chef season 8 cooking Indian food at International level . He authored four Books published By Finediningindian. Beyond Curry and Indian cuisine evolution

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