Name: Traditional chicken curry using castor oil recipe by Usha Nayaka at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Chicken – 1 kg; Green chilies – 5 no’s; Jeera – 1 tsp; Saunf/fennel seeds – - 1 tsp; Coriander seeds – 1 tbs; Cinnamon – 1 piece; Castor oil – 2 tbs; Onion – 3 medium size[chopped]; Coconut paste –; 1 tbs Salt to taste.

ABOUT Traditional chicken curry using castor oil RECIPE

People will be surprised to see that castor oil is used for cooking, but in ancient days Castor oil was used for cooking many dishes. About Castor oil, it is a vegetable oil squeezed out from the seeds of castor plant. It is one of the most ancient oils, it has numerous natural health benefits. As a home remedy, castor oil is used widely for a number of problems and ailments.To name a few, castor oil helps deal with problems related to hair, skin,joints and intestine. This recipe is one of the old traditional recipe, which is prepared by frying spices and onion in castor oil. In our mother tongue Kannada we call it Kappu koli fry.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Chicken – 1 kg
Green chilies – 5 no’s
Jeera – 1 tsp
Saunf/fennel seeds – - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds – 1 tbs
Cinnamon – 1 piece
Castor oil – 2 tbs
Onion – 3 medium size[chopped]
Coconut paste –
1 tbs Salt to taste.

Instructions

Rinse chicken twice or thrice in water, drain the water and keep ready. Take a frying pan, add 1 tsp of castor oil and heat it.
Add saunf, jeera,coriander seeds, cinnamon, green chilies separately one by one, fry to dark brown in colour, allow it to cool, once it is ready, grind to a paste and keep separately.
Add 1 tbs of castor oil and fry chopped onions and fry till dark brown in colour, grind to a paste and keep separately .
Take a kadai add 2 tsp of castor oil/refined oil,heat it ,add grounded spices paste and fry till the oil separates from it add chicken pieces,add salt to taste,mix altogether fry till the water of the chicken evaporates add little water
Cook till the chicken is done.When the chicken is done add grounded onion paste mix altogether,Add ground coconut paste,mix it ,cook to a thick gravy.
Traditional chicken (Kappu koli) fry is ready to serve as a side dish for rice /roti.

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