Recipe Preparation - Guntur Kodi Kura

Guntur Kodi Kura  - Chicken Curry in Guntur Style

Hello everyone,

I would like to present one of the favourite and finger licking authentic recipe "Guntur Kodi Kura". To brief you about Guntur - Andhra Pradesh - It is famous for spices (especially red chillies) and gave us a few tremendous recipes.

Very recently we've tried this at home and was successful in getting the authentic taste. You may also try this at home. Please follow the below process:

Guntur Kodi Kura

Ingredients Needed:

1. Chicken 500 gms (1/2 KG) cut into medium size pieces
2. Onions - 2 medium size (chopped into small)
3. Green chillies - 2 (chopped into medium)
4. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
5. Tomato - 2 medium size (chopped into small)
6. Refined oil - as needed
7. Salt - as needed
8. Turmeric (Haldi) - 1/2 tbsp
9. Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
10. Coriander leaves (Kothimeer) - 1 chopped

Spices:

1. Cumin (Jeera) seeds - 1 tbsp
2. Cinnamon (Dalchina Chekka) - 1 medium piece
3. Coriander (Dhaniya) seeds - 1 tbsp
4. Cloves (Lavangam) - 6 no's
5. Cardamom (Yaluka) - 3 no's
6. Black Peppercorns (Miriyalu) - 6 no's
7. Red chillies - 3 no's
8. Poppy seeds (Gasagasalu) - 1 tbsp

For Garam masala:

        -  Dry roast all the above spices and grind to get a fine powder and keep it aside.

Recipe preparation:

• Add oil (3 - 4 tbsp) in a pan and heat it, add cumin (1/2 tbsp), cinnamon(small piece), saute these for a minute. 
• Add chopped onions & green chillies, fry these in a low flame till the onions become golden brown colour, while doing so you may add some salt(1/4 tbsp) as it helps the onions to fry faster.
• Add Ginger garlic paste(1 tbsp) and fry it till the raw smell goes out - Do not over burn. Add 2 tbsp of water to have them alive with aroma coming from the pan and oil gets separated. Mix all these well and add tomato's and cook on a low flame till it softens.
• Add Turmeric (1/4 tbsp), Red chilli powder(1 tbsp) and some salt (1/2 tbsp) mix well. After that add the cleaned chicken pieces into this pan and mix well. Add 2 small cups/glass of water and stir well.
• You may now add 1 1/2 tbsp Garam Masala which was prepared earlier to the above mixture and stir well. Close the pan with a lid and set it on low flame to cook for 10 mins, after 5 mins you may check the salt and add if needed.
• After 10 mins, check the chicken whether it's cooked or not, if yes add the remaining garam masala (1/2 tbsp) and stir well. Cook it for another 5- 7 mins to check the gravy consistency (if it thickens), finally add the chopped coriander leaves to it and remove from the flame. 

       *Have this Guntur Kodi Kura (Dish) with white Rice / Pulka and enjoy the flavour. Use Lemon & Raw Onion to accompany the dish.

Thank you all for reading my recipe, please do try this.