Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Chicken & Drumstick Leaves Curry

My freezer will have always frozen greens, i usually buy fresh Indian greens from Indian grocery whenever i'll go there. Back home,i'll clean them immediately and stock them in freezer for further use, unfortunately we dont get variety of greens here. Apart from drumstick leaves,methi leaves and amaranth leaves we dont have any choices of greens, obviously i have no option rather than freezing them. Its been a routine for me to freeze drumstick leaves,so that i can make many dishes using this greens whenever i feel like cooking with this healthy greens.

Its been a while i posted non vegetarian dishes in my space, last week i prepared this super spicy chicken curry with drumstick leaves, this dish goes awesome as side dish along with hot piping rasam and sambhar rice..I used a homemade spice powder to spice up this chicken dish, just loved it.Sending to Usha's Chicken Feast.


2cups Chicken (cut as medium pieces)
2nos Onions(chopped finely)
1/2cup Drumstick leaves
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
1tsp Red chilly powder
1/4tsp Turmeric powder
Salt
Oil
2nos Whole spices (bayleaves,cloves,cinnamon stick)
Few curry leaves

To Grind:
2tbsp Coriander seeds
1no Cinnamon stick
2nos Cloves
2nos Cardamoms
1tsp Cumin seeds
1tsp Fennel seeds 

Grind all the spices given under the list 'to grind' as fine powder and keep aside..

Meanwhile heat enough oil in a kadai,fry the whole spices until they turns brown, add the chopped onions,ginger garlic ,curry leaves and cook until the onions turns transculent,add now the chicken pieces,turmeric powder and salt,cook everything again for few minutes..

Now add the already grounded powder,red chilly powder,frozen drumstick leaves to the cooking chicken pieces,sprinkle some water and cook everything simmer until the chicken gets well cooked..

Serve hot as side dish.

31 comments:

sojo said... Reply To This Comment

thats a creative combi- drumstick leaves in chicken...wow... healthy, I must say and the click is lovely

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory) said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious looking recipe, it made my mouth water! Love the new name of your blog and the new look too!

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

You are like me then I freeze everything, from curry leaves, corrriander leaves, veggies etc....even cooked indian dishes, i di the work once make a dish in bigger portion and freeze them for few times so that i have food for lazy days or when i don't have time to cook.

Priyanka said... Reply To This Comment

Wow thats a very new recipe. I have never tried Drumstick Leaves.

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

wow delicious recipe,luks so tempting...

Sangeetha Nambi said... Reply To This Comment

Adding Drumstick in chicken.. First time hearing this... Great !

lubnakarim06 said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried this combo....curry looks yum.....

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

Wow very innovative.... I love them....

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

Nice recipe and nice combo...looks yumm.

kitchen flavours said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so delicious! We are lucky that we can buy drumstick and the leaves whole year round!

Usha said... Reply To This Comment

I never cooked nor tasted drumstick leaves. Next time I go shopping, will look out for these leaves.

Chicken curry looks good. I made spinach chicken curry a few times and will try this sometime.

Thanks for sending it to Chicken Feast

easyfoodsmith said... Reply To This Comment

Drumstick leaves is a new ingredient for me! Never heard of them before and your post has got me so intrigued about their taste. But they sure sound delicious especially paired with the chicken. I am going to keep my eyes open for drumstick leaves.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

looks very much so eye appealing..never have drumstick leaves..

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

New combo to me !! very interesting and unique chicken !!

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Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

lovely combo.....yummy

Kannada Cuisine said... Reply To This Comment

I love drumstick greens..unfortunately never seen them around here in Indian stores..

Ramya said... Reply To This Comment

very interesting combo,,,

Priya dharshini said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried this combo..Sounds too good..it been ages i made something like this.

Shabitha Karthikeyan said... Reply To This Comment

Chicken and drumsticks leaves never tired that combo. I do not get the leaves. Good one Priya !!

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Unique recipe dear,healthy combo..will surely try this..

Only Fish Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

thats a very creative combo...u always amaze me with ur dishes :-)

Rookie Qookie said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried this combo..looks gr8!

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

La prochaine fois, je t'accompagne faire tes courses dans les magasins indiens. Je pourrai réaliser des plats aussi succulents que les tiens.
A bientôt

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

never thought of mixing drumsticks leaves with chicken...nice dish!

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

What a welcome treat to see a chicken dish on your blog. So awesome, and totally delicious, with the amazing combo of the spices!
(although drumstick leaves are new to me!)

Shabbu said... Reply To This Comment

looks delicious and yummy...

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Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo.Wow!

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Ok this one is for me, like chicken and drumstick leaves-good one!

simran said... Reply To This Comment

you are truely amazing!!!!!!!!!love your recipes...they are really good....this again is a winner.super

Jillu said... Reply To This Comment

LOOKS YUMMY.....

Divya A said... Reply To This Comment

Sucha nice combo, drumstick leaves are very healthy and chicken is protein rich...Very healthy and innovative, will try soon..

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