Chicken masala

In my home town, in Malabar, all our snacks mostly include chicken filling. So, chicken masala / filling is a must have as a base for our dishes / appam tharangal which we are famous for :)

So, most of the dishes which I will be posting will include this filling. So, why not start with this masala. This is my Mom's recipe, in fact most of my recipies are handed over by my dearest Mom.

Mother's cooking is what each of us treasure the most, isn't it?

Ingredients:

1. Boneless chicken - 1/2 kg
2. Onion sliced- 1 medium
3. Onion chopped - 4 medium
4. Ginger - 1 inch -cut into small pieces
5. Garlic - 2 cloves
6. Green chilly -  4
7. Chilly powder - 1 tsp
8. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
9. Curry leaves - Handfull
10. Dhanya leaves chopped - 2 tbsp
11. Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
12. Salt- as required
13. Oil - 3 tbsp

Method:

Allright, first step, let's cook the chicken with sliced onions, chilly powder, turmeric powder, ginger, garlic and salt. Take care to add only little water while cooking the chicken.

Once done, shred the chicken into small pieces. Don't discard the masala left after cooking the chicken as it we need it in the next step.

Next, heat the oil in a wok, or sauce pan. Saute the chopped onions, green chilly and curry leaves.
Add salt as per taste.

When the onions turn light brown, add in the shredded chicken and the masala which we kept aside. Saute well till the chicken and masala gets mixed with the sauted onions.

Once done, add the garam masala and dhanya leaves and mix it well. Keep on low flame for 2 mins so the flavour of the garam masala gets mixed really well.

Our chicken masala is ready.