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kombi mutli

Kombi Mutli (Chicken with dumplings) Recipe

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Chicken

For the masala

  • 1/2 Coconut (Grated)
  • 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp Turmeric/haldi powder
  • 10 Peppercorns
  • 1/2 tsp Jeera/cumin seeds
  • 14 Parekal short red chillies
  • 1 Marble sized Tamarind

Others

  • 1 Piece Cinnamon
  • 3 Cloves
  • 2 Onions (Sliced)
  • 6 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1/2 Coconut (To extract coconut milk/roce)

Instructions
 

For the dumplings

  • Soak 5 cups of BVK or Anand or Katsambar rice for a few hours.
  • Grind the rice with a little salt as per taste.
  • Keep a vessel on the fire, pour the ground rice batter and mix it well and dry for sometimes.
  • Make small dumplings. Cook the dumplings in a idli vessel for one hour. Let the dumplings cool down

For the chicken curry

  • Wash and clean the chicken, then cut into curry pieces.
  • Keep a pan, add 1 tbsp coconut oil, add the chillies and fry for a minute. Add garlic, coriander seeds, jeera, peppercorns and fry a little.
  • Add grated coconut and fry till the aroma changes.
  • Let it cool down, add turmeric powder and tamarind. Grind this masala to a fine paste.
  • Extract coconut milk from 1/2 coconut and keep it aside. Keep thick and thin juice separately.
  • Keep a big vessel on the fire, add 5 tbsp coconut oil. Add 1 piece of cinnamon, 3 cloves and 2 sliced onions and fry till light brown.
  • Add the cut pieces of chicken and fry for about 5 minutes. Add the masala and thin coconut juice and mix well. Add salt to taste and close the lid for the chicken to cook.
  • Chicken curry is ready, add the dumplings and mix well. Close the lid and boil it for 3 minutes.
  • Add thick coconut juice, simmer the fire and give it a boil.
  • Serve hot.
Keyword kombi mutli, mangalorean dish