Malwani chicken curry /malvani kombdi rassa is a very popular spicy and flavourful curry from the coastal region of Maharashtra kokani cuisine..Malwani/Malvani chicken curry is usually served with vade and is popularly known as kombdi wade.
Ingredients
500 gm/1/2 kg chicken cut in pieces
2 inch ginger
10 garlic cloves
2 green chilli
salt
1/2 tsp haldi
hand full coriander leaves
1/2 tsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp khas khas/ poppy seeds
4 to 5 kashmiri dry red chilli
3 onions
1/2 cup dry coconut/khopra
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
3 to 4 cloves
1 inch cinnamon
2 blades mace/javitri
2 to 3 green cardamom
1 black cardamom
6 to 7 black pepper
1 star anise
small piece of dagadphool/stoneflower
3 to 4 tbsp oil
3 bay leaves
salt to taste
Method
- Grind the chilli, coriander leaves,ginger garlic to a fine paste adding little water
- Marinate the chicken with salt turmeric powder and the green chilli- garlic paste
- Dry roast the spices along with red chillies till fragrant and keep aside.
- Dry roast the coconut till light brown and keep aside
- In the same pan add 1 tsp oil and saute the onion till golden brown.
- Grind the coconut ,onion and the whole spices together to a smooth paste adding water.
- Heat a pan/i used a claypot ,add oil once oil is hot add bay leaves
- Add 1 med sized chopped onion and saute till transculent.
- Now add the marinated chicken and saute for 10 minutes
- Add the ground coconut onion paste and saute
- Add water to the desired consistency of gravy you require
- Cover the pan with lid and cook over medium flame.
- Add more water if the gravy is too thick,you can adjust the consistency of gravy as per your taste.
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Serve hot with rice/bhakri or kombdi vade
