Thursday, December 27, 2012

Chicken Diet Kurma

I cant imagine preparing kurma without cashew nuts or else with freshly grated coconut. But recently for a change to our usual kurma, i tried my hands for a low fat kurma using yogurt,poppyseeds and roasted gram dal aka pottukadalai. This diet kurma turned out simply awesome, even the texture of this kurma ressembles quite like the usual coconut based kurma.Serve this kurma with any sort of dish, i can definitely say that everyone will definitely lick their fingers. An incredible kurma, goes awesome as a prefect gravy with rice,rotis,idlis,dosas and even with toasted bread slices. If you want to skip coconut,cashews in your kurma,give a try to this kurma. I want to call this kurma absolutely as diet kurma as its suits prefectly for non vegetarian dieting people too.


1kg Chicken (chopped as medium pieces)
1tbsp Lemon juice
1tbsp Coriander powder
1/4tsp Turmeric powder
Salt

Marinate the chicken pieces with lemon juice,turmeric powder and coriander powder with enough salt atleast for 2hours and keep aside.

2nos Whole spices (bayleaves, cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom)
2nos Onions (chopped)
2nos Tomatoes (chopped finely)
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
1tsp Ginger paste
1tsp Garlic paste
Mint leaves (chopped)
Salt
 Oil

To Grind:
5nos Dry red chillies
1tsp Cumin seeds
1tsp Fennel seeds
1tsp Peppercorns
1tbsp Poppyseeds
1cup Yogurt
3tbsp Roasted gramdal/Pottukadalai

Grind all the ingredients from the list to grind as fine thick paste and keep aside.

Heat the oil and fry the whole spices until they turns brown, add immediately the chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste,slit opened green chillies and saute everything until the raw smell goes away..

Add now the marinated chicken pieces to the veggies,cook everything for 5minutes.

Now add the grounded paste and cook everything in simmer for few minutes.

Add enough water and cook everything until the chicken pieces get well cooked.

Finally add the mint leaves and put off the stove.

Serve hot.

20 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

yummy and tempting sis

Priya Satheesh said... Reply To This Comment

No doubt..Absolutely this is finger licking recipe...Tempting and love this diet version..

Sangeetha Nambi said... Reply To This Comment

Real inviting Title Priya... Loved this low fat version...
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

delicious and yum looking curry

kausers kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wow its so tempting..luvd it.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow awesome recipe dear....luv the diet version will surely try....
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Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and tempting curry Priya

PrathibhaSreejith said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delish Priya, love the name given :)
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

i love chicken curry without coconut.. tempting and delicious curry..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Could not have asked for a more healthier and yummier recipe.. simply love it!

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Absolutely delicious...very inviting and tempting.

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Love this low fat kurma,looks awesome,thanks for sharing.

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

Wow tempting diet kurma!!! Happy holidays sis!!!

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

Looks very appetizing!

Manju @ Manjus Eating Delights said... Reply To This Comment

What a lovely twist in kurma preparation...Homestly I had no idea kurma was made with coconut milk...thanks for that knowledge :)

Regards,
Manju
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Shabbu said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and tempting..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Great alternative for richn

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Despite being healthy the kurma looks so tempting...

Zareena said... Reply To This Comment

I too make kurma using poppy seeds and this taste yummm....

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

never tried using fried gram for chicken, but poppy seeds i use for my chicken curry. thanks for sharing this healthy cashew substitutes