Anjappar Chicken Gravy / Chicken Gravy Anjappar Hotel Style

Today we going to see the famous restaurant Anjappar style chicken gravy which is very popular in chennai..When we are went to my sister's home in chennai, my sister's husband bought this gravy with soft idly for us in one day dinner.. The taste is really superb and yummy to have and my hubby really enjoyed this....

So my hubby ask me to prepare like that gravy.. one day i try in my own creative, taste wise it is so delicious, so i wants to share this chicken gravy to my viewers... It's goes well with soft idlies and plain uttappam.. But in anjappar hotel they served it for white rice... The masala which we grinded the cumin seeds, pepper, fresh coconut, fennel seeds which gives aromatic smell to the gravy...

My hubby loved it so much that we happended to make this couple of more times within a span of 2 weeks.. So i would recommend that you make this whenever you want to inpress someone with your cooking....Cook the gravy as per the method it taste divine...So you must try this and post me a comments about the taste...

Preparation time : 15 mins

Cooking time : 35 to 40 mins

Serve - 4

Recipe cuisine : South indian

INGREDIENTS :

Chicken - 1/2 kg (with little bones)

Onion - 2 (chopped)

Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)

Shallots / Small onion - 15 (sliced)

Turmeric powder - 1 tspn

Coriander powder - 1 tspn

Chili powder - 1 1tspn

Cumin powder - 1/4 tspn

Coriander leaves - few

Water - 2 cups

Salt - as needed

TO GRIND :

Fennel seeds - 1/4 tspn

Cumin seeds -1 /2 tspn

Pepper - 2 tbspn

Coconut - 1/2 cup (fresh grated)

TO TEMPER : 

Gingelly oil - 4 tbspn

Pepper corns - 15 nos

Fennel seeds - 1/4 tspn

Cinnamon sticks - 2 (small)

Cardamom - 3

Star Anise - 1

Cloves - 3

Garlic - 10 (sliced)

Dry chilli - 2 (broken)

Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

• First take grinding ingredients in mentioned under " TO GRIND" in to smooth paste....
• Now heat oil in a pan, temper the ingredients mentioned in the section "TO TEMPER" till they are fried well and gives a nice aroma...
• The garlic should turn light brown..
• Add finely chopped onion to it, fry the onion till light brown.
• Now add in sliced shallots, ginger garlic paste and little bit of salt and toss well.
• Toss well for 3 mins and add in 1/2 cup of water and cook till the water evaporates.
• Now add in turmeric powder, tomatoes, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, and stir well till it mushy.
• Then add in masal paste and give a mix.. 
• Again add 1/2 cup of water and the gravy must be cooked evenly..
• Cover it with a lid and cook till the gravy became correct consistency..(oil started to seperates).
• Now add in chicken and mix evenly..
• Leave it for 5 mins and add in another 1 cup of water and close the lid..
• Cook it in low flame...Allow the chicken to cook tender..
• The masala get flavour by cooking in a low medium flame..
• So that all the spices get into the chickenwhile cooking... 
• Stir inbetween the gravy till teh chicken cooked..
• When the oil floats and chicken cooked tender..
• Add in chopped coriander leaves and serve..
• Serve hot with soft idlies..

PICTORIAL :

Take grinding ingredients

Add to the blender

Make a smooth paste

Now it's done, keep aside

Take your ingredients

Heat a pan with oil

Now take whole spices

Add to the kadai

Add in sliced garlic

Toss well 

Add in broken chillies

Few curry leaves, when the nice aroma arise

Add in chopped onion

Toss till transparent

Now done

Add in small onions / shallots

Toss well along with onions

Add in ginger garlic paste

Toss well

Add in salt

Give a mix

Add 1/2 cup of water

Give a mix

When it evaporates

Add in turmeric powder

Mix well

Add in tomatoes

Add in chilli powder

Coriander powder

Add in cumin powder

Toss well

Now add in masala

Toss well

Add in water

Give a mix

Close the lid

When the gravy became thick

Add in chicken

Mix well

Add in water

Give a mix

Close the lid

When it's boil

Toss well

Cook it in low medium flame

When the chicken became tender

When it done

Chopped coriander leaves

Give a mix

Now transfer it to a bowl

Serve with idli

Enjoy..