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September 6, 2011

Chicken Sukka


Chicken Sukka is my favourite dish along with Neer Dosa. This is a delicious combination in Mangalorean Cuisine. When we were in Bangalore, we used to have it from the restaurants there. After coming to UK, I started missing this a lot and was hunting for an authentic recipe. One morning I was pleasantly surprised when Shireen posted it at her blog Ruchik Randhap. Her blog has a collection of authentic Mangalore dishes and the pictures make me drool always. Yesterday I made Chicken Sukka and Neer dosa for dinner and it was fantastic. My husband said that it is the most authentic one he ever had. I had followed every bit of her recipe, except for the 2 varieties of chillies she used. I get only one type of dry chilly here which is kind of mildly spicy and this made my curry look brownish. 

Coming to the recipe...The preparation is a little time consuming, but the final dish is worth all the effort.

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 kg cut to medium pieces
Onion - 1, chopped
Salt to taste

For the roasted masala
Poppy seeds / khus-khus - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
Cloves - 3 or 4
Onion - 1 medium size, finely sliced
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Crushed garlic with skin - 3 cloves
Dry red chillies - 15 to 18 (adjust based on spiciness)
Coriander seeds - 1.5 tbsp
Whole black peppercorns - 10
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp 
Cumin seeds/jeera - a pinch
Tamarind - marble sized or Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp

For garnishing
Grated coconut - 1 cup 
Garlic with skin - 3 cloves
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp 

For the seasoning/tadka
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Onion - 1 medium size finely sliced
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick

Preparation:

1. Heat a pan and dry roast the poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, sliced onion, garlic and turmeric powder. I added a little oil as the turmeric was about to get burnt. Saute till the onions turn pale. Add dry red chillies, coriander, cumin, fenugreek, peppercorns and tamarind one by one and saute. Let it cool and then grind to a fine paste.
2. Wash and drain the chicken peices. In a pan, add the chicken, chopped onion, salt and 3/4th portion of the ground masala. Reserve the remaining 1/4th to be added in next step. Cook without adding any water as  this is a kind of dry preparation and chicken cooks in its own juices.
3. In the same pan used for the first roasting, dry roast the coconut, 3 cloves of garlic and cumin on a slow flame for about 2-3 minutes till you get a nice aroma of roasted coconut. No need to wait till coconut turns brown. Let it cool and grind it along with the masala that was reserved previously(the 1/4th portion) to a coarse consistency. When the chicken is almost cooked, add this ground mix and combine well and cook for few more minutes till chicken is done.
4. Heat a tadka/seasoning pan and add ghee followed by onion. Saute till onion turns golder brown, add cinnamon now and pour this seasoning to the cooked chicken. This seasoning gives a great taste to the Sukka.

Serve with Neer Dosa/Rice/Roti.

Thanks again Shireen for this delicious recipe..

19 comments:

  1. VoWwww!!!! the name itself looks mouthwatering...
    recipe looks absolute delicious...
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  2. yet an other different recipe with chicken.. goes well with dosa..

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  3. this looks great dear, very delicious and tempting chicken dish..nice to know its a combo with neer dosa..

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  4. Am inviting myself to ur place, irresistible sukka..

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  5. One yummy dish! Delish with those soft dosas to mop it up,

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  6. Makes me drool...tempting chicken sukka,spicy and flavorful

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  7. this looks flavourful delicious looking chicken preparation

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  8. Very new recipe and innovative one ... Looks tempting and Glad to follow u

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  9. Wow Ramya, your chicken sukka looks delicious! Thank you so much for the kind words about my blog! Hugs!!

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  10. Chicken preparation looks delicious so does your Neer Dosa,I am going to try this soon.Check out my latest post there is something waiting for you.

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  11. Chicken sukka looks so tempting and delicious.
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    Chandrani
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  12. It is so inviting and mouth watering with dosa. Love it

    Cheers,
    Uma

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  13. Super appetizing sukka... Perfect for dosas!
    on your question - EVOO stands for Extra virgin Olive Oil..
    Krithi's Kitchen
    Event: Serve It - Steamed

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  14. awesome looking chicken...I am drooling..

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  15. Hi, i made this recipe a coupla days back. Followed it to the T. Perfect taste. Loved it. It had so much flavor and so different from the ones routinely churned out in food blogs!
    Keep up the good work on your blog!

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  16. Hi..happy you liked the recipe..Please do try more recipe and let me know :-)

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