Chicken Chinthamani Recipe, Spicy Chicken Chinthamani Recipe

Chicken Chinthamani Recipe is a very rustic style of chicken preparation in the kongunad region. There is even a place in Coimbatore called Chinthamani Pudur. But I am not sure if this dish originated there. Chinthamani literally means a precious stone. A dry roasted chicken recipe using very few ingredients, is sure a winner. Its a very spicy dish. Chicken thighs are preferred for this Chicken Chinthamani as it stays juicy after the long roasting in the pan. Sesame oil is the traditional oil used for this recipe and it imparts a deep aroma into this dish. Remember that there aren’t many ingredients in the recipe. The flavor of this Chicken Chinthamani is robust from the sesame oil and the dried chilli. Here is how to do chicken chinthamani.

Clean and wash the chicken with bone. Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces. Its important to keep the chicken pieces small. Else it will take longer time to cook. Set aside.
Heat oil in the pan until hot. Add in the mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add in the curry leaves and onion and fry till the onions are soft.

Add in the slit dried red chillies (seeds removed), and the chicken pieces. Add in the salt and red chilli powder. Add 1 cup of water. Mix well to combine. Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook in low flame for 15-20 minutes. Stir once a while so the chicken does not scorch at the bottom.

After 20 minutes, remove the lid and fry for 5-10 minutes until the chicken is almost dry.
Add in the fresh shredded coconut and saute for a couple of minutes.

Add in the curry leaves and remove from heat. Chicken Chinthamani is ready.

Serve Chicken Chinthamani hot as a side dish with rice. The perfect combination is rasam, rice and chicken chinthamani.

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Chicken Chinthamani Recipe

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

Recipe for kongunad style chicken chinthamani. A very rustic roasted dry chicken recipe. Spicy side dish. Serve with rice or chapati.

Author: Kannamma - Suguna Vinodh

Recipe type: Side Dish

Cuisine: Kongunad, Tamilnadu, Coimbatore

Serves: 3 persons

Ingredients

• 500 grams chicken with bone, preferably thighs
• 3 tablespoon sesame/ gingely oil (I used idhayam nallennai/sesame oil)
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• 2 sprigs curry leaves
• 2 medium sized onions, chopped
• 10 dry red chillies (seeds removed)
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 sprigs curry leaves, chopped for garnish

Instructions

1. Clean and wash the chicken. Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces. Set aside.
2. Heat oil in the pan until hot. Add in the mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add in the curry leaves and onion and fry till the onions are soft.
3. Add in the slit dried red chillies (seeds removed), and the chicken pieces. Add in the salt and red chilli powder. Add 1 cup of water. Mix well to combine.
4. Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook in low flame for 15-20 minutes. Stir once a while so the chicken does not scorch at the bottom.
5. After 20 minutes, remove the lid and fry for 10 minutes until the chicken is almost dry.
6. Add in the fresh shredded coconut and saute for a couple of minutes.
7. Add in the curry leaves and remove from heat.
8. Chicken Chinthamani is ready.
9. Serve hot as a side dish with rice.

Notes

As the dried red chillies are used without the seeds, only the flavor will be imparted. It will not be spicy. If you want a really hot chinthamani, add more red chilli powder.

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