Nadan Chicken Roast(Palakkad Style)

I must say that I have never come across such an easy tasty chicken roast before.Well,the courtesy goes to Ruxana (indirectly to her mom),my sweet friend.Although she gave me the recipe a couple of weeks before,I couldn't try it out that time.But,last sunday after our exams got over ,I cooked this with the help of my hubby,Shyam and guess what....it was a hit !!!!The special feature of this roast is that it is so easy to make and less time consuming ,but it doesn't lessen the taste....So guys, here is the recipe of Ruxana's Palakkad Style Chicken Roast

Ingredients

For Marination

1.Chicken-1kg

2.Shallots(small red onions) -15-20 nos

3.Ginger +Garlic+Jeera paste-1.5 tablespoon

4.Chilly powder-2tablespoon

5.Kashmirichilly-1tablespoon

6.Turmeric(haldi)-1/2 tsp

7.Garam Masala-2 tsp

8.Coconut oil-1 tablespoon

9.salt

For Roast

Coconut oil-for roasting

Onions-3 chopped julienne

Turmeric-1/2 tsp

Chilly powder-2 tsp

Salt

Curry leaves or coriander leaves- to garnish

Method

Grind shallots and jeera and make a coarse paste.Mix this with Ginger garlic paste and all the other ingredients ie from 4 to 9 and salt.Coat the chicken pieces with this marinade.After 5 - 10 minutes ,cook the marinated chicken in cooker for exactly 2 whistles ,using little water.

Now julienne the onions ie cut the onions in to thin long strips .In a pan,add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil .When it becomes hot,add curry leaves and saute the onions,till they become light golden colour.Now add chilly powder and haldi and salt according to your taste.I added more chilly powder because we like spicy chicken.

Now put the cooked chicken pieces and saute again in medium heat.You can add the chicken stock (the water with which you had cooked the chicken) after 2 minutes.Mix everything thoroughly and cook on medium heat for about 5 -10 minutes.Well,this time depends on how well your chicken has been cooked in the cooker.So you can vary the time.And,then when a nice aroma starts coming,turn off heat and garnish with curry leaves or coriander leaves.

Here I used curry leaves because ,I like them when i cook with coconut oil.But Ruxana's recipe mentioned using coriander leaves.Next time i will garnish with coriander leaves,because i think that will give more taste.

So ,please try this out and let me know asap.

And Rukku,I thank you again for this wonderful recipe and Shyam,I thank you for all the help and your wonderful feedback...