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Country chicken gravy | Chettinad Nattukozhi Kuzhambu

Country chicken gravy or Nattukozhi kuzhambu is a thin spicy gravy made of country chicken & spices, which is served with hot rice, idly or dosa. Learn to make with a video.

The bones in country chicken give extra taste to this curry. This is a customized Chettinad version. In the pure Chettinad version, whole spices are ground and used, but here I have used a few whole spices without grinding. Check Chettinad chicken gravy preparation also in this blog.

Moreover, you can consider this gravy to have medicinal values because of the spices and other ingredients used in the countryside.

In addition, you can use the country chicken pieces with or with skin based on your liking. Also, serve this spicy gravy with hot rice for better taste.

For the complete list of interesting non-veg recipes from my blog:

Non-veg Biryanis & Gravies

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Country chicken gravy | Nattukozhi Kuzhambu | Chettinad nattukozhi kulambu

Sangskitchen
Country chicken gravy or Nattukozhi kuzhambu is a thin spicy gravy, which is served with hot rice, idly or dosa. Learn how to do this spicy nattukozhi kuzhambu with step wise pictures.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 people
Calories 400 kcal

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • Country chicken/Nattukozhi – 500gm
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Shallots –250gm or big onion – 1
  • Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
  • Tomato – 1 medium size
  • Coconut grated – ½ cup (100 gm)
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Peppercorns – 1 tsp or pepper powder – ½ tsp
  • Coriander/dhaniya seeds – 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon stick – 1 inch
  • Cloves - 3
  • Fennel seeds/Saunf/Sombu – ½ tsp
  • Cumin/Jeera – ½ tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 ½ tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1tsp
  • Garam masala – ¼ tsp optional
  • Salt – as required
  • Gingelly oil – 2 tbs
  • Coriander leaves

Instructions
 

Preparation:

  • Boil nattukozhi pieces with a 1 tsp of salt, turmeric powder, ½ tsp gg paste and some water in a pressure cooker. Give four whistles to cook the pieces soft.
  • Prepare ginger garlic paste.
  • Chop onion, tomatoes.
  • Grate coconut.

Recipe:

  • Heat a pan with one spoon of gingelly oil. Add jeera, fennel seeds, peppercorns, coriander seeds. Roast them to get a nice aroma and add onions.
  • Add ¾th quantity of onions to the pan and fry to golden brown.
  • If you don’t have ginger garlic paste, add 6 pods of garlic and 2-inch piece of ginger along with onions.
  • Add grated coconut to the mixture and roast for five mins. Switch off.
  • Let this mixture cool down and grind it to a paste. Keep aside.
  • Heat a big kadai with oil. Add whole spices like cinnamon, fennel seeds, and cloves.
  • Add remaining chopped onions and curry leaves.
  • Let the onions fry to a golden brown stage and add ginger garlic paste.
  • Once the raw flavor of gg paste is gone, add tomatoes with some salt.
  • After the tomatoes turn mushy add the spice powders chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala (optional).
  • Add boiled country chicken pieces along with the cooking water (broth) and give it a boil.
  • Now add onion-coconut paste, which we prepared in the first step into the gravy.
  • Add two glasses of water according to your preferred consistency.
  • Add rock/stone salt and close the lid. Keep in medium flame.
  • Let the gravy boil for full ten minutes. The white froth should settle down and see the bubbles as shown in the picture.
  • Add finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • Serve hot with steamed rice.

Video

Notes

Tips/notes: 1) First of all, cooking raw nattukozhi pieces in a pan takes more time. So I recommend cooking the pieces in a pressure cooker before making this gravy.
2) Moreover, this recipe can be prepared with any cooking oil. But gingelly oil gives an exclusive healthy taste.
3) Instead of frying and grinding pepper and coriander seeds you can use readymade powders too. Adjust spice level accordingly.

Nutrition

Calories: 400kcal
Keyword Chettinad nattukozhi kulambu, country chicken gravy, How to make country chicken gravy, Kozhi kulambu, Nattukozhi Kuzhambu
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Country chicken gravy | Chettinad nattukozhi kulambu

Preparation:

  • Boil nattukozhi pieces with 1 tsp of salt, turmeric powder, ½ tsp gg paste and some water in a pressure cooker.

Country chicken gravy -salt gg paste Turmeric Country chicken gravy -water

  • Give four whistles to cook the pieces soft. Increase the number of whistles if the pieces are big and from an older hen.

Country chicken gravy -pressure cook

  • Prepare ginger garlic paste. Chop onion, tomatoes. Grate coconut.

Recipe:

Nattukozhi kuzhambu masala paste preparation:

  • Heat a pan with one spoon of gingelly oil. Add jeera, fennel seeds, peppercorns, coriander seeds. Roast them to get a nice aroma and add onions.
  • Add ¾th quantity of onions to the pan and fry to a golden brown.

Country chicken gravy -saute onions

  • If you don’t have ginger garlic paste, add 6 pods of garlic and 2-inch piece of ginger along with onions.
  • Add grated coconut to the mixture and roast for five mins. Switch off.

Country chicken gravy -coconut

  • Let this mixture cool down and grind it to a paste. Keep aside.

Country chicken gravy -grind

How to make Nattukozhi kulambu:

  • Heat a big kadai with oil. Add whole spices like cinnamon, fennel seeds, and cloves.

Country chicken gravy -saute

  • Add remaining chopped onions and curry leaves.

Country chicken gravy -onion

  • Let the onions fry to a golden brown stage and add ginger garlic paste.

Country chicken gravy -gg paste

  • Once the raw flavor of gg paste is gone, add tomatoes with some salt.

Country chicken gravy -tomato

  • After the tomatoes turn mushy add the spice powders chilli powder, and garam masala (optional).

Country chicken gravy -chilli powder

  • Add boiled country chicken pieces along with the cooking water (broth) and give it a boil.

Country chicken gravy -mix

  • Now add onion-coconut paste, which we prepared in the first step into the gravy.

Country chicken gravy -mix

  • Add two glasses of water according to your preferred consistency.
  • Add rock/stone salt(I used red salt) and close the lid. Keep in medium flame.

salt

cover & cook

  • Let the gravy boil for full ten minutes on medium flame. The white froth should settle down and see the bubbles as shown in the picture.

coriander leaves

  • Add finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • Serve hot with steamed rice.

cook Country chicken gravy -ready

Tips/notes:

  • First of all, cooking raw nattukozhi pieces in a pan takes more time. So I recommend cooking the pieces in a pressure cooker before making this gravy.
  • Also, this recipe can be prepared with any cooking oil. But gingelly oil gives an exclusive healthy taste.
  • Instead of frying, grinding pepper & coriander seeds you can use readymade powders too and adjust the spice level accordingly.
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7 Comments

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  2. 5 stars
    Superb country chicken kuzhambu. Hot rice kku romba match

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  6. 5 stars
    I tried it today. It came out wonderfully well. Actually, 4 whistles didn’t cook the country chicken very well (It was cooked but it was a little bit hard for me). So, as the last step, I did another 2 whistles and the chicken came out very soft and tender.
    The taste of the gravy was very nice. I’ll have it with idly or parotta tonight. It should be even better than with rice. Thanks a lot of sharing the recipe.

  7. Thank you very much for the feedback Anand. I am glad that you liked the recipe. I noted the point you mentioned about the no. of whistles. I am sorry for not mentioning that the country chicken may require extra cooking depending upon the variety(or size). Will update this info in the post:)
    Thanks again for your honest comment and time.

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