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Chicken curry with coconut

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Chicken is one ingredient which can be made in many ways, and still tastes good. I personally love this chicken curry using coconut. Hope you also will love it.

A bowl of chicken curry.

This goes well with rice, idli, dosa, chapati, paratha or Pulao.

Chicken curry with coconut recipe

Ingredients

Chicken – 1 lb cut into small pieces

Shallots – 6 to 8 thinly sliced

Mustard seeds – few

Green chilli – 2 slit in half

Curry leaves – few

Salt – as required

Garam masala – 1 tsp

To marinate

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Salt – as required

To sauté and grind

Onion – 1 cup chopped

Tomato – 2 small sized chopped

Coconut – 1/2 cup grated

Fennel seeds – 1 1/2 tsp

Ginger – a small piece

Garlic – 4 or 5 pods

Curry leaves – few

Cashews – 5 or 6

Method

  • Marinate chicken with the ingredients under ‘ to marinate’ and keep aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Sauté all ingredients one by one under sauté and grind’. After cooling down, grind to a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan, crackle mustard seeds. Add shallots, green chilli and curry leaves.
  • Add Chicken, mix well, and cook covered. Usually chicken oozes its water, add water only needed.
  • When the chicken is half done add ground coconut paste along required water, garam masala, and salt.
  • Let the chicken cook well. When the chicken gets cooked, let the gravy boil till the consistency is needed.
  • Serve along with rice, idli, dosa, chapati, paratha, or idiyapam.
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Chicken curry with coconut

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Chicken is one ingredient which can be made in many ways, and still tastes good. I personally love this chicken curry using coconut. Hope you also will love it.
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Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Indian
Keyword
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Easy chicken curry
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How to make chicken curry with coconut
Prep Time20 minutes minutes
Cook Time30 minutes minutes
Marinating time30 minutes minutes
Total Time1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings3 people
Calories
AuthorLathiya
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb Chicken cut into small pieces
  • 8 Shallots thinly sliced
  • Mustard seeds few
  • 2 Green chili slit in half
  • Curry leaves few
  • Salt as required
  • 1 tsp Garam masala

To marinate

  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Red chili powder
  • 2 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Pepper powder
  • 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
  • Salt as required

To sauté and grind

  • 1 cup Onion chopped
  • 2 Tomato chopped
  • 1/2 cup Coconut grated
  • 1.5 tsp Fennel seeds
  • Ginger a small piece
  • 4 Garlic pods
  • Curry leaves few
  • 6 Cashews
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Instructions

  • Marinate chicken with the ingredients under ‘ to marinate’ and keep aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Sauté all ingredients one by one under sauté and grind’. After cooling down, grind to a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan, crackle mustard seeds. Add shallots, green chili and curry leaves.
  • Add chicken, mix well, and cook covered. Usually chicken oozes its water, add water only needed.
  • When the chicken is half done add ground coconut paste along required water, garam masala, and salt.
  • Let the chicken cook well. When the chicken gets cooked, let the gravy boil till the consistency is needed.
  • Serve along with rice, idli, dosa, chapati, paratha, or idiyapam.
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Filed Under: Curries June 9, 2025 - Post originally published June 9, 2025 - Post last modified

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  1. VintageFeminist says

    December 9, 2016 at 4:11 pm

    All of your recipes look so good and now I’m insanely hungry ? can’t wait to read more!

    Reply
    • Cook with Smile.. says

      December 9, 2016 at 9:42 pm

      ? Thank you… welcome to my blog?

      Reply
  2. rahulratnablog says

    December 4, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    And I’m a poor guy who stacked in Maharashtra,eating kala masala chicken curry.thenga itta curry kazichittu nalukalayi ??????
    Good preparation .

    Reply
    • Cook with Smile.. says

      December 5, 2016 at 5:17 am

      ? I can understand that feeling?.. even here the coconut doesn’t taste like the one we get in our native… early days was difficult for me..but ippo angana adjust cheyuthu pogunu aniya?… Thank you that you liked it?

      Reply
  3. Arohii says

    November 23, 2016 at 7:36 am

    Yummy..love the pictures.. looks superb.

    Reply
    • Cook with Smile.. says

      November 23, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      Thank you dear?

      Reply
  4. famousformysmile says

    November 14, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    Looks So good! What Yummyness!

    Reply
    • Cook with Smile.. says

      November 15, 2016 at 12:56 am

      Thank you dear?

      Reply
  5. Freda @ Aromatic essence says

    November 13, 2016 at 12:15 am

    Yummy!

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    • Cook with Smile.. says

      November 13, 2016 at 12:20 am

      Thank you dear?

      Reply
  6. Anu Yalo says

    November 12, 2016 at 7:36 am

    Good one!!

    Reply
    • Cook with Smile.. says

      November 12, 2016 at 3:08 pm

      Thank you Anu?

      Reply
  7. Archana says

    November 12, 2016 at 3:09 am

    mouthwatering! Love chicken curry

    Reply
    • Cook with Smile.. says

      November 12, 2016 at 3:28 am

      Thank you Archana?..

      Reply

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