Kerala Recipes

Click to View Map Nadan Kozi Curry       Serves 6 Ingredients Chicken pieces 1kg or 2.2 lbs   Chopped onion one and a half cup Chilly powder half or one tsp Chopped garlic half tbs Cumin seed 1tsp Turmeric powder 1 tsp perunjeerakam half tsp Coreander powder 2tbs pepper half tsp Oil  3tbs cloves 5 Chopped ginger 2 tbs cardamom 2 Split green chillies 4 cinnamon sticks Powder these together. Instead one and a half tsp of garam massala powder can also be used. Ingredients Coconut milk 2 cups. Curry leaves a few Method Clean the chicken pieces. Mix it with 1 tbs of salt and 2 tsp of lime juice (or half cup of curd) and keep aside for half an hour. Make a paste of the coreander chilly and turmeric powder. Heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel. Add chopped onion, ginger, garlic and green chillies and brown it. Add the masala paste and fry for a minute. Add the chicken pieces together with the juice that comes out of it. Stir it for about five minutes. If the coconut milk is taken from fresh grated coconut add about 2 cups of the second milk to the curry. Otherwise add about 2 cups of hot water. Cover and cook for about half an hour till the chicken pieces are cooked. If you like potatoes in the currry, about one and a half cups of potato pieces can be added to the curry half way through. Add the coconut milk and the garam masala powder and curry leaves. If you want more gravy or the gravy is not thick enough dissolve a tsp of corn flour in milk or water and add to the curry and just boil again stirring well and just bring the curry to boil. NUTRIENT COMPOSITION PER SERVING MACRONUTRIENTS MICRONUTRIENTS Energy (Kcal) 423 Carotene( µg ) 52.02 Protein (g) 45.5 Vitamin C  (mg) 2.75 Carbohydrate (g) 8.5 Mg  (mg) 40.73 Fat (g) 23.052 Na  (mg) 2.6 Fibre (g) 2.01 K  (mg) 81.25 Minerals (g) 2.86 Mn  (mg) 0.43 Calcium  (mg) 91.4 Zn  (mg) 0.4 Phosphorus  (mg) 491.5 Cr  (mg) 0.008 Iron  (mg) 1.29     Modification Reduce the amount of oil/ghee and coconut milk used Ingredients Chicken pieces 1kg or 2.2 lbs Chilly powder half or one tsp Chopped onion one and a half cup Cumin seed 1tsp Chopped garlic half tbs perunjeerakam half tsp Turmeric powder 1 tsp pepper half tsp Coriander powder 2tbs cloves 5 Oil 2tbs cardamom 2 Chopped ginger 2 tbs cinnamon sticks Split green chillies 4   Powder these together. Instead one and a half tsp of garam massala powder can also be used. Ingredients Coconut milk 2 cups. Curry leaves a few NUTRIENT COMPOSITION PER SERVING MACRONUTRIENTS Energy (Kcal) 329 Protein (g) 44.90 Carbohydrate (g) 6.5 Fat (g) 13.72 Fibre (g) 2.01 Minerals (g) 2.71