Pidi & Kozhi

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 (tender 800 – 900 gms)
garlic – 1/2 tbsp
Onion chopped – 1 cup (240 ml cup)
green chilly – 8
coconut – 1 (big)
ginger – 1″ piece
ghee – 3 ounce (90 ml)
cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
fried coriander – 2 tbsp
Rice powder – 1 cup (fine powder)
butter – 1 dsp (10 ml)
cinnamon – 1″ piece
clove – 6
pepper seeds: 10
salt to taste
curry leaves – 2 stems

Preparation Method

• Cut chicken into required piece, wash and drain
• Extract coconut milk, first 1 cup, 2nd – 2 cups and 3rd 3 cups
• Coarsely crush garlic, fried coriander & cumin seeds
• Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and fry chopped onion along with cinnamon, clove, green chilly, ginger, curry leaves and pepper seeds
• Add coarsely crushed spices, turmeric powder and chicken
• Dissolve little salt with 3rd milk and add it to the chicken, cook on a low flame
• Make a dough of rice powder with 1 cup of warm water, salt and butter
• Make balls of small size
• When chicken is done well, add 2nd milk and bring it to a boil
• Add the rice balls to the boiled curry, cover and cook on low flame
• When balls are cooked well, add 1st milk and keep it on low flame for some time but don’t let it boil
• Serve hot