Chicken Kizhi Parotta / Kozhi Potalam Parotta Recipe

Kizhi parotta or potlam parotta has been trending on instagram and facebook for months. I never got to taste this dish at a restaurant to recreate it, however prepared my own kizhi parotta out of curiosity and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

What does kizhi mean? Kizhi literally translates to tear in tamil and malayalam. In malayalam kizhi also means a herbal bundle used in body massages which is warm and soothing when applied on the body. Potalam means parcel in tamil and malayalam. 

This parotta can be served for brunch, it's a heavy dish. I liked the flavors from curry and plantain leaf, the parotta soaks up the gravy and gives it an ultimate taste.

Chicken Kizhi Parotta / Potalam Parotta Recipe Video on Vidyascooking Channel

Ingredients:

Marination:

750 Grams Chicken Curry Cut or Boneless

150 ML Yogurt

1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger and Garlic Paste

1 Tsp Chilly Powder

1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1/2 Tbsp Salt

1/2 Lime

3 Sprigs Curry Leaves

Curry:

1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Onion

1/2 Cup Ground Onion / Onion Paste

1/4 Tsp Peppercorns

1/4 Tsp Fennel Seeds

1/4 Tsp Cumin Seeds

1 Tbsp Ginger and Garlic Paste

1 Tsp Chilly Powder

1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1/2 Tsp Coriander Powder

1 Tbsp Garam Masala or (Tandoori Masala / Curry Powder / Kitchen King Masala)

3 Sprigs Curry Leaves

3 Tbsp Coconut Oil

Salt as per taste

Plantain Parcel / Potalam / Kizhi

3 Plantain Leaves 

6 Kerala Parotta 

Thinly Sliced Onion, Tomato, Cpasicum

1 Tbsp Chaat Masala

1 Tbsp Pepper Powder 

1 Tbsp Cumin Powder 

Ghee as required 

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Method:

Marinate the Chicken: Wash the chicken twice and reserve in a colander allowing excess moisture to drain.

Add yogurt, lime juice, ginger and garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and curry leaves to the chicken mix and  massage all the ingredients in the chicken till well incorporated.

cover and allow the chicken to marinate for 20 to 30 minutes before preparing curry.

Prepare the Chicken Curry: Heat a wok on medium flame, add coconut oil allow the oil to smoke.

Add the whole spices to the oil fennel, pepper and cumin allow to sputter for few seconds.

Add ground onion paste, curry leaves, ginger and garlic paste fry the onion till golden or until the oil separates.

Add the spice powders chilly, turmeric, garam masala and coriander powder and fry until the raw flavors reduce a bit.

Add the marinated chicken and fry in the masala. Add warm water stir and cover the chicken and cook until the chicken is tender.

If the curry is watery place the wok on high flame stir occasionally until the curry is thick to desired consistency. Reserve the curry until use.

Tip: if your using chicken with bones add slightly excess water to cook the chicken until tender. If your using boneless chicken add very less water depending on the curry or side dish your preparing. 

Always use only hot water to prepare curries the cooking process will not stop.

Prepare Chicken Parcel: Prepare the layer parottas ahead of time we can use a day old parottas for this recipe.

Heat a tawa on medium flame. Slightly remove the vein or stem from the banana leaf making sure the entire leaf is intact.

Place the leaf on the tawa and toast until the leaf is flexible. Remove the leaf from tawa and reserve.

Let the tawa be on low flame while the parcel is prepared. Add few drops ghee on the banana leaf, place the parotta, layer the parotta with gravy and chicken, add few slices of onion, tomato, and capsicum, sprinkle pepper powder, cumin powder and chaat masala. Repeat the process and prepare two to three layers of parotta. Gather all the edges and form a bundle shape. With gentle hands tie the bundle with a thread.

Add 1/4 cup water on the tawa with a tsp oil. Place on medium flame and place the banana bundle on the tawa. Cover the bundle with a lid and cook until the water has evaporated and the banana leaf is well roasted in the bottom.

We can occasionally turn and cook the bundle to all sides until well roasted. We can also bake this bundle in broil mode at 180 for 15 to 20 minutes, in convection microwave for 15 minutes.

Serve this banana bundle as hot as possible with raita, excess chicken curry and enjoy😉

Breakfast Series: Carrot Masala Bread Toast Recipe / Iyengar Bakery Style Masala Bread Roast Recipe

Many of us would stop at a iyengar bakery just to eat a couple of masala toast, before heading to work or school and on our way back home. This masala toast is so popular throughout south. It's simple and very cost effective to prepare at home. We can adjust the ratio of carrots and onion as per preference.

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Ingredients:

2 Cups Grated Carrots

1 Cups or 1 Large Onion Finely Chopped

1/4 Cup Green Peas

3 Green Chilies Finely Chopped

1/2 Inch or 1 Tsp Grated Ginger

3 Sprigs Curry Leaves Finely Chopped

3 Sprigs Coriander Finely Chopped

1 Tsp Chilly Powder

1 Tsp Garam Masala can also be substituted with (shakti curry powder, everest chole masala or mdh kitchen king masala)

1 Tsp Coriander Powder

1 Tsp Chaat Masala

1/4 Tsp Mustard Seeds

1/4 Tsp Cumin Seeds

1/4 Tsp Asafoetida

2 Tbsp Oil

100 Grams Butter

1 Pack Cheese Slices 

Salt as per taste

Method:

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok on medium flame. 

Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to the oil and allow to sputter.

Add grated ginger, finely chopped onion, chilies and curry leaves fry all the ingredients until the onions turn transparent.

Add powdered spices, chilly powder, chaat masala, coriander powder, garam masala and asafoetida.

Add green peas and fry all the ingredients until the raw flavors from the masala has reduced.

Add 1/4 cup water, stir and cook the masala and peas until well done.

Allow excess moisture from the masala to reduce.

Add the grated carrot and coriander fry all the ingredients. Adjust the salt as per taste.

Fry the carrots until the masala is well combined. we can sprinkle few spoons water mix well cover and cook the carrots until well done.

Make sure there is no moisture in the carrot masala, remove from flam and reserve.

Take a spoonful of carrot masala and apply on the bread slice in a even layer, while spreading the masala on the bread gently press the masala and apply the sticky texture in the masala will stick on the bread slice it will be easy to roast it on the tawa.

Heat a tawa on medium flame. Spread a spoon full butter on the tawa. Place the masala bread slice on the tawa and fry on both sides until the masala has roasted and the bread is evenly toasted.

We can serve this bread toast with ketchup or ginger chai... enjoy 

We can apply the masala on the bread and arrange the slices on a baking tray and bake it on broil mode or two way baking mode at 180 degree for 10 minutes. Make sure to generously apply butter on the baking sheet before placing the bread on the pan.

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Southindian Style: Tamarind Egg Curry ( Muttai Puli-Kuzhambu )

Ammas mutta puli kuzhambu is a family favorite. We can store this curry upto 3 to 4 days and enjoy it with rice or dosas and even rotis. This curry is prepared in large quantity specially during monsoon season because we can add any meat like fish, chicken or dry fish and vegetables like potato, raw banana, okra and even eggs like we did. What ever produce is available during monsoon we make do and prepare this delicious curry for rice.  

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Muttai Puli Kuzhambu Recipe 
For Curry:
6 Boiled Eggs
1/2 Cup Tamarind Pulp or Small Lime Size Tamarind 
3 Tomatoes or 2 Cups Chopped Ripe Bangalore Tomatoes 
3 Sprigs Curry Leaves
2 Whole Garlic Bulbs Peeled = 2o to 30 Garlic Pearls
1 Large Onion Finely Chopped
1/4 Tsp Asafoetida
2 Tbsp Coriander Powder
1 1/2 Tbsp Chilly Powder
1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1/4 Each Cumin Seeds, Mustard Seeds, Fenugreek seeds
Ghee and Oil as required
Salt as per taste

For Masala Paste:
1/4 Cup Onion Finely Chopped
1 Inch Ginger
4 to 5 Green Chilies
10 to 15 Whole Pepper Corns
1/4 Tsp Cumin Seeds
1/4 Tsp Fennel Seeds
1/4 Fenugreek Seeds
Oil and Ghee as required

To Boil Eggs:
1 Tbsp Vinegar
2 Tbsp Coarse Salt

Prep:

Bring 2 cups water to boil in a pot, add vinegar and salt. gently drop the eggs in the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.

Remove the eggs from flame allow the egg to sit in the hot water until it reaches room temperature.

Once the eggs reach room temp drain the water and add cold water. 

Gently crack the egg and start to peel. Once the eggs are peeled wash and reserve in a bowl.

Heat 1 tbsp oil and 2 tbsp ghee in a wok on medium flame. Add all the ingredients mentioned for masala, fry until the onion turns transparent. 

Drain the masala ingredients from oil and add to a mixer jar, add splash of water and grind to form a smooth paste and reserve.

Boil 1 1/2 cups water in a pot on medium flame add the tomato and tamarind and allow to cook till mushy. 

Remove from flame and whisk using a balloon whisk. Extract the pulp using a sieve, strain and reserve in a bowl. 

Add excess water approx 1 cup, to the cooked tomato and tamarind, strain a extract the second extract pulp and reserve.

Method:

We use the same wok in which we fried the ingredients for masala paste, to prepare the curry.

On medium flame heat the wok add extra oil 3 tbsp and ghee 2 tbsp. 

Add mustard, cumin and fenugreek seeds allow to sputter. 

Add the chopped onions, crushed garlic, curry leaves, asafoetida, turmeric powder and coriander powder fry all the ingredients until the onions turn transparent.

Add the masala paste and fry in the onions till raw flavor reduces.

Add the chilly powder and extracted tamarind pulp stir well and bring to a boil. Add salt as per taste. Stir well and bring to boil.

Once the oil surfaces on the curry, score / slit the eggs with a knife and gently drop the eggs to the boiling curry, allow the curry to boil for 5 to 10 minutes on low flame.

Serve the curry hot with rice, dosa or idly and enjoy 😊

Tips: 

Use ripe roma / Bangalore tomatoes for this recipe it is pulpy and sour content is perfect.

Ratio of tomatoes:  3 medium tomatoes for 2 medium onions or 1 cup chopped tomato for 1/2 cup onion.

In season please use whole or crushed baby shallots instead of chopped onions.

Store this curry is a glass or porcelain container as it is tamarind based curry we should avoid any reaction from metals. 

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South Indian: Mixed Vegetables and Coriander Chicken Stew Recipe

Packed with flavors this creamy and delectable, mixed vegetable chicken stew is delicious and pairs well with kerala paratha, idli, dosas, idiyappam and appams. 

I've been using sunpure oil for almost 6 years and we never had issues with our health. Sunpure oil is a patent technology approved by Govt of India. The oil is extracted with a unique water heating method, where in the nutrients are high in the oil. 

Sunpure oil does not contain any preservatives, colors or additives it's a naturally refined sunflower oil, which we prefer for daily use. Many people have asked me on the oil i use it is always been Sunpure for it's Quality. 

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Ingredients for Coriander Chicken Stew:

500 Grams Curry Cut Chicken

1/4 Cup Each Chopped and Blanched Vegetables

(Potato, Broccoli, Babycorn, Carrots, Beans, Peas)

100 Grams Halved Button Mushrooms

1/4 Cup Large Cubed Capsicum

1 Large Cubed Onion

100 Grams Cubed Tofu

100 ML Thick Extract Coconut Milk

100 ML Second Extract Coconut Milk

1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger and Garlic Paste

3 Sprigs Curry Leaves

5 Sprigs Coriander Leaves

1 Tbsp Garam Masala

1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1 Inch Cinnamon

4 Cloves

1 Black Cardamom

3 Green Cardamom Pods

100 ML Fresh Cream

3 Tbsp Sunpure Oil

Salt as per taste...

For Coriander Masala:

1/2 Cup Coriander Leaves

1/4 Cup Curry Leaves

5 Green Chilies

1 Tbsp Coriander Seeds

1/2 Tbsp Peppercorns

1/2 Tbsp Cumin

1 Inch Cinnamon

3 Cloves

2 Pods Cardamom

1 Tbsp Ginger and Garlic Paste...

Prep:

Prep all the veggies:

1. Peel and chop the carrots, potatoes into cubes.

2. Chop the baby corn into bite size pieces

3. Deseed and chop the capsicum into cubes 

4. Wash and clean the broccoli florets in salted water and reserve.

5. Chop the beans into 1 inch pieces and reserve.

6. Halve the mushrooms and reserve

7. Chop the tofu into cubes and reserve.

8. Chop the onion into cubes and reserve.

Boil water in a large pot. Add the veggies one at a time (potato, carrots, peas, beans)  and boil till tender, not cooked all the way through. Drain the water and reserve the veggies. The blanched veggie water can be used in soup.

We can cook the mushrooms, capsicum, broccoli and baby corn in the stew.

Prepare the green masala, in a mixer jar add coriander leaves, curry leaves, chilies, ginger and garlic paste, coriander seeds, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, cumin and cardamom, add splash of water and grind to form a smooth paste and reserve. 

Method:

Heat a heavy bottom handi or wok add 2 to 3 tbsp oil allow to reach temp on medium flame.

Once the oil starts to smoke add, cubed onions, curry leaves, black cardamom, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bayleaf. 

Fry all the ingredients on medium flame until the onion turns transparent.

Add chicken, 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt, fry the chicken on medium flame for a minute.

Add coriander masala and fry the chicken till raw flavors from the masala has reduced.

Add 1/2 cup water and second extract coconut milk stir and cover. Cook the chicken on medium flame till tender and well done.

Once the chicken has cooked add the potatoes, beans and carrots cook these veggies with chicken until tender.

Add  peas, tofu, mushrooms, capsicum, broccoli, and baby corn to the chicken stir with gentle hands till veggies are well combined.

Add thick extract coconut milk stir well cover and cook until all veggies are tender and cooked well.

Add cream stir well bring to boil and cook for a minute on low flame.

Tear and add coriander and curry leaves and serve the stew hot with kerala parathas or appams and enjoy...😉

Combination of flavors from veggies, coriander masala, and coconut is ultimate in this stew. Creamy and delicious stews has always been a part of southindian cuisine. We normally serve stew for breakfast, brunch and dinner.

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Mushroom Ghee Roast Recipe

Spongy button mushrooms tossed in aromatic masala and ghee, is a perfect side dish for pulao, dosas, idly, bread toast or naans. We can serve this ghee roast as a side dish or starter. 

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Ingredients:
250 Grams Button Mushrooms
1 Cup = 1 Medium  Finely Chopped Onion
3 Green Chilies Slit
4 Sprigs Curry Leaves
1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger and Garlic Paste
1 Tbsp Degi Mirch or Sweet Paprika for color
1 Tbsp Red Chilly Powder for heat
1 Tbsp Coriander Powder
1 Tbsp Channa Masala or Kitchen King Masala
1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1 Tsp Tamarind Pulp
3 Tbsp Yogurt or 1 Tbsp Lime Juice
Salt as per taste
3 1/2 Tbsp Ghee
1 Tbsp Oil...

Method:

Wash the mushrooms twice and drain excess water using a colander. Spread the mushroom in a even layer on a cloth and allow to air dry until excess moisture residue has completely evaporated.

Chop the button mushroom into half and reserve.

Heat a wok on medium flame.

Add 3 tbsp ghee and 1 tbsp oil. Add finely chopped onion, curry leaves, slit green chilies, ginger and garlic paste, fry all the ingredients until the raw flavor from ginger and garlic paste has reduced.

Allow the onion the fry and turn transparent. Add the paprika powder, chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and kitchen king masala fry until oil separates from the masala.

Add the button mushrooms and toss in the masala, fry for few seconds. Add yogurt and fry the mushrooms until moisture releases, accordingly add few tbsp water stir cover and cook until the mushrooms are well done.

Once the mushrooms have cooked, place on high flame and cook the masala until the moisture has evaporated and ghee has separated.

Add salt as per taste, fry for few more minutes. Remove from flame, add a tsp ghee and mix well before serving. Serve this dish hot and enjoy 😊

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