Description
Kudamilagai ~ Capsicum/ Bell Pepper, Kozhi ~ Chicken, Varuval – Dry Fry is a simple, spicy chicken curry made with everyday spices easy to find around your kitchen pantry, an excellent side dish for pulao/pulavs, fried rice or even our routine staple sambar/rasam/curd. Green Bell pepper with her sharp chili aroma weds chicken on a cold winter afternoon with spice powder showers is a delight and keepsake forever.
Bell pepper Chicken Curry / Capsicum Chicken Curry / Kozhi Varuval / Green Capsicum Chicken Fry / Chicken with Bell Peppers
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 lb | Chicken (1/2 kg approx, with bones) |
| 1 no | Green bell pepper |
| 2 nos | Onion medium ( chopped finely) |
| 1 no | Tomato (chopped) |
| 5 clove | Garlic (crushed) |
| 1 inch | Ginger (crushed) |
| 1 no | Green chili (minced) |
| ½ tsp | Turmeric powder |
| 1 tsp | Red chili powder |
| 2 tsp | Coriander /dhania powder |
| 1 tsp | Black pepper powder |
| 1½ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 3 tbsp | Oil |
| 10 nos | Curry leaves |
| 1 tsp | Yogurt or lemon juice |
| 2 nos | Cloves |
| 1 no | Cinnamon stick (small) |
| 1 no | Cardamom |
| 1 no | Bay leaf |
| 1 tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 5 nos | Sambar onion (whole) |
Instructions
Clean, wash and cut the chicken with bones into bite size pieces and marinate either with lemon juice or yogurt and keep aside. Chop the regular onion finely, mince the green chili…. you don't want anyone to mistake it for bell pepper and bite on it. Roughly chop the tomatoes and cut the bell peppers into big cubes. Sambar onions are optional, peel their skin off and keep them whole. They are the ones which catches the eye of a nosy critic and from then on people would ponder on all your recipes. Those cute little buddies are loaded with flavours so add them in your other preparations whenever possible.
Heat oil in a big frying pan, sizzle those curry leaves and cumin seeds. I have used whole garam masalas and added them at this stage. You can substitute those with garam masala powder and add at them in later part of the preparation. Add finely chopped onion, whole sambar onions, bell peppers, green chilies and fry for a while or until the onion turns slightly brown. Now add the tomatoes, ginger and garlic. Let them cook for few minutes. At this stage add the chicken pieces, bring the flame to medium low, cover with a lid and cook for 5 to 6 minutes to fully cook the chicken. When done add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and black pepper powder and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. You can add salt and garam masala powder(just a substitute for whole masalas) at this stage. Keep sauteing over medium flame until the masala turns dark brown which would take about 8 to 10 minutes. Switch off and serve hot with mixed rice of your choice.
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Loved it completely…The spiciness adds to the taste..came out really well..M going to make it for my best friend
Goodluck with your try! catch you soon with a feedback.
Looks good Mullai!!! Definitely Iam going to give a try this weekend!!!
Wow…. so tempting! Parkavee super-a irukku Mullai!
Will definitely give it a try! Can I use boneless chicken instead of the one with bones? Also might reduce the spice level as my kids don't eat spicy foods at all! Thanks Mullai for the wonderful recipe.
Sugi, Any chicken type is ok but chicken with bones add ton of flavour to the curry. Bell peppers will add little sweetness to the dish, cutting the spice level will also will help. Hope your kids will luv this. Thanks.
Wow!! Mullai Kozhi Varuval looks awesome, will deftly give it a try..
Oh! It was really awesome. This should actually be named as kadai chicken. It was really so good. U really rock!!! Keep it up.
So tempting….. but currently i’m on vege diet. i am definitely going to try this and serve my hubby…. sure he’ll love it.
hi Mullai,
lovely chicken recipe! sounds good on a dinner menu!
kind regards,
Poorna.
WOW !! Mullai….awesome chicken curry. Asusual Great post & excellent pics. Chicken curry with pulao great combination. Good Job
Have a great day