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Chicken curry recipe

Created by Charmaine Solomon

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Rating:

5/ 5 stars 83 Votes

Cuisine: Sri Lankan

This classic chicken curry is full of flavour and tastes best when using chicken on the bone.

Other popular incarnations of this dish include Burmese chicken curry; Indian coconut chicken curry; and Vietnamese chicken curry. For similar meal ideas, browse our curry recipes.

Ingredients

1.5kg chicken thigh cutlets
2 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
10 curry leaves
2 large onions, finely chopped
4-5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tbsp ground coriander
½ tsp ground fennel
1 tsp cumin
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
6 cardamom pods, bruised
1 stick cinnamon
1 stalk lemon grass
1 pandan leaf
1 cup thick coconut milk

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Preparation

Heat ghee and fry fenugreek and curry leaves until they start to brown.

Add onions, garlic and ginger and fry gently until onions are quite soft and transparent.

Add turmeric, chilli, coriander, cumin, fennel, paprika, salt and vinegar and stir well.

Add tomatoes, whole spices and lemon grass.

Add chicken and stir over medium heat until chicken is thoroughly coated with spices. Cook, covered, over low heat for 40 to 50 minutes.

Add coconut milk, taste and add more salt and a squeeze of lemon juice if desired.

Do not cover after adding coconut milk.

Serve with stringhoppers or rice and coconut sambol.

If you enjoyed this Chicken curry recipe then browse more Sri Lankan recipes, curry recipes, meat recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.

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Comments (18)

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05 Sep 2010 10:03 AEST

Aml

Chicken curry

We loved this curry. It was simple to make. I replaced the chilli powder with 4 big red chillies. I also roasted the whole spices and ground them. The curry was delicious. Now I will never go back to the curry powder sachets. Thank you Maeve OMeara.

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21 Aug 2010 09:30 AEST

gavin

nickol

fantastic recipe

i made this with 3kg of thigh and drumstick pieces so made all ingredients double, and added some garam masala and crushed cloves, and it was probably one of the best curries i have made, the flavours are superb and the appearance is great, i made some dahl and rice to go with it and had lemon juice and natural yoghurt on top and it was sensational, my wife and daughter loved it, best thing is we have leftovers for tomorrow night! will make again for sure, and it really is easy to make

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09 Apr 2010 01:16 AEST

Katie White

Narangba

Sensational

This is the best tasting curry I have ever cooked. We love to cook it for friends.

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28 Mar 2010 06:52 AEST

Meaghan

Belli Park

the ultimate

absolutely the best chicken curry I've ever eaten let alone cooked! 5 stars. Thankyou Charmaine!

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16 Mar 2010 10:54 AEST

Asanga

Parramatta

yummy

great ...just like my mom's chicken curry!

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01 Mar 2010 02:36 AEST

inday

denmark,w.a

excellent

this is my favorate curry ,thank you

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15 May 2009 03:52 AEST

helen

cairms

Fantastic

Have always had a mental block cooking curries from scratch. This one is easy and just so yummy.

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15 Apr 2009 04:24 AEST

Alan

Donvale

Drool-worthy

Just fantastic ... not too hot and very well balanced flavours. This is a "keeper".

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