Chicken with Cauliflower

I was trying to find a recipe which had chicken and some vegetables...so that I can make the family eat more veggies. This recipe is great. It just flew off the dish super fast and everyone loved it.

Chicken with Cauliflower (Chicken and cauliflower cooked in coconut gravy)

Chicken and Cauliflower curry

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb chicken breast cut into bit size pieces ( I cut them into medallions)
2.  2 cuts cauliflower florets
3.  3/4 teaspoon salt or to your taste
4. 1 cup thick coconut milk*
5.  1 small bell pepper cut into 1 inch pieces
6.  1 medium small onion sliced
7. 1 tablespoon oil
8. 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
9. 1/2 teaspoon each of turmeric, chilli powder

Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions till they start turning brown. Add chicken along with turmeric, salt and chilli powder. Cook for 10 minutes. Add cauliflower and fry for a few minutes. Add coconut mix or milk and 1 more cup of water and cover and cook for 15 minutes. Add bell pepper and mix and cook for 5 more minutes. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy with hot rice

* I did not have coconut milk so I used 1/2 cup dried coconut in 1 cup hot water and ground it up and used it

Coconut green bean chicken

So for the dal with coconut I opened a can of coconut milk and used about half. So I had half a can of coconut milk which I had to use. When I have coconut milk and chicken I usually make Thai coconut chicken curry but this time I made a Kerala curry

And when I was looking for this recipe it called for green beans. I have never made curry with green beans and it is super delicious and good for you too

Green bean chicken in coconut sauce

Chicken with Green beans in Coconut sauce

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb boneless chicken cut into bite size pieces
2. 1 1/2 cup coconut milk
3. 1 tablespoon oil
4. 1 cup sliced onions
5. 1 cup green bean
6. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, cumin, mustard seeds, fennel seeds
7. Few curry leaves

In a pan heat the oil and add the seeds. When they start to splutter add curry leaves and dry for a minute. Add onions and fry till they become translucent. Add 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste. Add chicken and green beans and all the powders and cover and cook for 15 minutes. Add coconut milk and simmer for 10 more minutes . Garnish with cilantro and gram masala if you like and enjoy

Konkani chicken with mirchi ka salan

I was thinking of a friend of mine who is Konkani. Once when I went to lunch at her home she made the most unique dishes I ever ate. It was a curry made of fruits. She gave me the recipe but I never made it.
              But thinking of her made me think of Konkani chicken curry and I found it at the vah  re vah website. I made it and it was fantastic. It turned out even better in the evening. I served it with white rice and a very different kind of a mirchi ka Salan . If you want the authentic Hyderabadi mirchi ka Salan Click Here

Konkani chicken curry (chicken in coconut based gravy)

Konkani Chicken Curry

Ingredients

1. 1 lb chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
2. 1 inch cinnamon broken
3. 2 cloves
4. Few curry leaves
5. 1 heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste
6. 1 medium large onion chopped
7. 3 tablespoons oil
8. 1 teaspoon or more salt divided
9. 2 green chillies chopped
10. 1/2 cur desiccated coconut dry roasted
11. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
12. 2 tablespoons Konkani masala
13. 1 tableSpoon tomato paste (optional)

Konkani masala

Ingredients

1. Coriander Seeds - 1 tbsp
   Bengal Gram - 2 tbslp
   Rice - 2 teaspoon
   Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
   Aniseed or fennel seeds (saunf) -1 teaspoon 
   6 dried red chillies
   
   
   
   For Konkani masala:
   1. Dry Roast each ingredients, individually
   2. Cool and grind.
   3. Store in an airtight jar and use as required.
   
   In a flat pan heat the oil and fry the cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves for a minute. Add the onions and 1/2 teaspoon salt and fry till they become crispy. Add green chillies and ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add tomato paste if using and fry for a couple of minutes. Add turmeric and 

For the Konkani Curry

In a non stick pan heat the oil and add the cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves and fry for a minute. 

Add the onions and 1/2 teaspoon salt and fry till it becomes crispy. Add the green chillies and ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the Konkani masala and turmeric and stir to combine and fry for a minute. Add tomato paste if using and fry for a couple of minutes. Add chicken and stir to combine and cover and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Add the rest of the salt and 1/2 cup of water and simmer 10 more minutes. Add the roasted coconut and stir and simmer for Couple more minutes. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy

Mirchi Ka Salan (Bell pepper in a creamy coconut gravy)

Shimla Mirchi ka Sallan

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 of each of 2 or 3 different colored bellpepper cut at an angle
2. 2 tablespoons groundnuts/peanuts dry roasted
3. 1 teaspoon melon or sun flower seeds or almonds dry roasted
4. 1 tablespoon thick juice of tamarind
5. 1/2 cup thick coconut milk, plain yogurt beaten
6. few curry leaves
7. 2 bay leaves
8. 1/2 teaspoon cumin, mustard seeds
9. 1 tablespoon oil
10. 1 inch cinnamon
11. 1 teaspoon garam masala
12. 3 dried red chillies
13. 1/2 teaspoon chilly powder, turmeric
14. 1 teaspoon salt

In a deep bottomed pan heat the oil and fry the curry leaves and bay leaves for a minute. Add the cinnamon, cumin, dried red chillies  and mustard seeds and fry till they splutter. Add garam masala, chilly powder and turmeric and ground peanuts and the other seeds (almonds or sun flower or melon). Add bell pepper and fry for 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Mix the yogurt and coconut milk and add to the pot and simmer for 5-7 more minutes. Serve it with white rice

Chicken in Coconut Gravy

Recently I discovered this program on my local channel called "Simply Ming" and he cooks real simple Chinese flavor dishes. I really like him because his way of cooking is like my brother's cooking. As I mentioned already my brother is an amazing cook and he makes it look really effortless
            Anyway, the dish I made today is from one of his shows and I made some minor changes to it, and even though it doesn't look that great it tastes amazing and it takes a bit of a time to get cooked but the time is well spent. So enjoy

Chicken in Coconut Gravy (Chicken thighs in a simply coconut gravy)

Chicken in Coconut Gravy

Ingredients:

1. 6-8 chicken thighs bone in (with skin or without skin)
2. 1 tablespoon oil (optional)
3. 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
4. 1 jalapeno or 2 serrano chillies finely chopped
5. 1 can coconut milk
6. 1 large or two medium sweet potatoes chopped
7. 1 large red onion sliced
8. 1 cup chicken broth
9. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, fresh ground black pepper

Heat a non-stick pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper on the skin side and place it on the hot pan. Let it get fried for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper on the other side and flip and fry for 5 more minutes. If there is not enough fat in the pan add the oil and if there is too much remove some. Add the onions and fry for 5 minutes. Add garlic and green chillies and fry for a minute. Add the chicken back to the pan and add everything else and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 30-45 minutes, until chicken gets fully cooked. Serve with hot steamy rice