Pallipalayam Chicken Recipe | Traditional Village Style | THE KITCHEN JUNGLE

Pallipalayam is a place in Erode district in Tamilnadu which is quiet famous for chicken dishes. This chicken fry is a popular in non-vegetarian restaurant menu in Tamilnadu. The key essence to this dish is the use of pearl onions which is widely used in most of the Tamil Nadu Cuisine. The spiciness and flavor are from the red chilies used and no other special masala is used for this fry. Addition of shallots and garlic along with the dried red chilies makes this fry more flavorful and delicious. This fry tastes good with rasam and curd rice as well as with pulao, biriyani, Parotta, roti. Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 – 45 minutes Serves: 2 to 4 Ingredients needed: Chicken with bones – 1 kg Onion/Shallots –500 gms finely chopped Garlic – 10 to 15 pods grind it to fine paste Dried red chili – 10 or 20 nos Coconut bits – 1 tbsp. Curry leaves – bunch Coconut oil – 8 tbsp. Red chili pastes – 1 tsp (See the method below) Coriander leaves few Salt to taste Spice powders: Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp (optional) Fennel/ Cumin seeds powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp Preparation: Clean and cut the chicken to a bite size pieces. Grind garlic into a fine paste with few onions. If you want, you can also grind all the onions along with garlic. Prepare red chili paste. We need very little of it. So, you can grind just 4 red chilies for this recipe
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