Country Chicken fry with Pepper & Garlic. Naatu Kozhi Milugu Varuval.

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1/2 kilo
Garlic 10-15 cloves finely chopped
Curry leaves 1 cup
Whole black pepper 2 spoons
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Cumin seeds 2 spoons.
Oil 1/4 + 1/4 cup.

Method:

Dry toast pepper till fragrant and coarsely grind it.

Heat oil in a large skillet. Add cumin seeds and wait till it cracks.

Then add garlic slices and fry till fragrant.

Add salt, turmeric and pepper powder to this. Fry for 2 quick minutes.

Now stir-in chicken. Fry till it turns opaque. Cover and cook till it is done. Add about 4 cups of water. Country chicken really takes lots of time to get cooked. Maybe around 40-45 minutes.

When the chicken is almost done….transfer it to display bowl.

In a seperate pan, heat oil. Crisply fry curry leaves in it. Now garnish the above chicken with fried curry leaves.