Kombadi Vade

Kombadi Vade
(Chicken Curry with puris)


Prep Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves:  4-5





Ingredients :  
Chicken
Coconut (dry) 1/2 cup
Fresh coriander leaves a few sprigs
Green chillies 2-3 (as per taste)
Ginger 1 inch piece
Garlic 3 cloves
Onions 4 medium sized
Red chillies whole 4 (chillies are too hot just add 3)
Oil 4 tbsps
Malwani masala 2 1/2 tsps
lime juice (as per taste)
Salt to taste

Method -

• Wash, clean and cut chicken into pieces. 
• Clean, wash and roughly chop fresh coriander leaves. Chop green chillies . Peel, wash and chop ginger and garlic roughly. Peel, wash onions and chop finely.
• Grind coriander leaves to paste along with garlic, ginger and green chillies and marinate the chicken in this paste..
• Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan, chopped onions, stir fry till golden to it add dry coconut, continue to cook on medium heat, stirring continuously till coconut changes its color to light brown. Add red chillies and grind to a fine paste, adding a little water.
• Heat remaining oil in a pan, add above made onion,coconut paste stir it in pan for sometime. 
• Add the green paste coated chicken pieces and two cups of water and bring it to a boil.
• Add Malwani Masala and stir it well.
• Continue to cook for three to four minutes on medium heat.
• Add salt, lime juice and mix thoroughly.
• If want it more spicy can add red chilly powder as per taste.
• Garnish with chopped fresh coriander leaves. 
• Serve with Malwani wada which is a special rice flour puri.
• It can be eaten with puris, bread, chapattis or rice.
• Server it hot and with love.