Kori means chicken in Tulu, which is a regional language in Mangalore city of Karnataka.
Kori Rotti or Mangalorean Chicken Curry is a tasteful dish made using chicken, spices, coconut milk and red chilly based.
The curry is eaten with crunchy and chewy bread called Rotti or you can say – crisp, dry wafers made from boiled rice. The Rotti is generally sourced from the market and is a staple food in most Mangalore homes of Karnataka state in India.
Ingredients:
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1 kg Chicken
4 Spicy Red Chillies
4 Kashmiri Red Chillies
1 tbsp Coriander seeds
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
3-4 strings curry leaves
1/4 tsp black pepper
3-4 Garlic
1/4 inch ginger
1/2 inch Cinnamon
1 cloves
1 Black cardamom
1 full coconut
Salt
2 tbsp coconut oil
2 onions
8-9 garlic petals
3-4 strings curry leaves (additional)
1 tsp mustard seeds
Instructions:
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1)Take a pan and heat it, add 1 tsp of coconut oil and roast all the ingredients from red spicy chillies till black cardamom nicely. Let it cool and then grind it to fine paste.
2) Clean and wash chicken and keep aside.
3) Take a deep pan and heat 2 tbsp of coconut oil. Add mustard seeds, when it crackle, add curry leaves, crushed garlic, finely chopped onions and saute for 5-7 minutes on medium flame, later add chicken and salt. Cover the pan with lid and cook on a medium flame till the chicken is half cooked.
4)In the meantime, grate coconut, grind to paste and extract coconut milk from it and keep aside. Put 2 cups water and grind again, extract thin milk and keep aside separately.
5) Now once the chicken is half cooked, add the paste of Spices and cook for 2 minutes. Then add thin coconut milk and wait till it boils.
6)After the boil add the thick coconut milk and wait till it boils again.
7) Now off the gas and transfer the chicken curry to serving bowl and enjoy it with Rotti.
Note:
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1) You can also use tetra pack coconut milk.
2) You can add more coconut milk, if you eat less spicy.
Benefits:
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1) Chicken’s health benefits include good supply of protein and minerals, cholesterol control, blood pressure control.
2) Coconut milk is one of the healthiest foods on earth and the wide range of health benefits of coconut milk make it quite popular.
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