Chicken curry with almonds, is usual chicken curry instead of coconut, i tried it with almonds and onion tomato paste. Taste was great. It will go with white rice, pulao and roti, chapatti. Soak almonds in hot water for 2 hours, peel off the skin. Make it paste with poppy seeds. Add it with chicken curry. Here you go… rich and tasty chicken curry. Check out my other related chicken recipes Indian Butter Chicken, Kadai Chicken, Chettinad Kozhi Rasam, Chicken Masala.

Serves : 4-5          Soaking Time : 2 hours

Prep Time : 15 mins          Cooking Time : 30 mins

Ingredients:

Chicken : 1/2 kg with bones

Onion : 1 small size chopped

Tomato : 1 large chopped

Ginger Garlic paste : 2 tsp

Chilly powder : 1 tsp

Coriander Powder : 2 tsp

Cumin Powder : 1 tsp

Garam Masala : 2 tsp

Turmeric powder : 1 tsp

Salt to taste

To Temper:

Oil : 3 tbsp

Fennel Seeds : 1 tsp

Cinnamon : 1 inch

Cardamon : 3

To Grind 1:

Shallots : 5

Tomato : 1 large

To Grind 2:

Almonds : 20 – 25 (Soak it for 2 hours in hot water)

Poppy seeds : 1 tsp

Method:

1. Clean and wash chicken, set aside. Heat oil in a pan, temper with tempering ingredients. Saute onion for 3 mins, then ginger garlic paste and add in tomato. Cook till mushy. Then add in all spice powders with required salt. Cook it for 2 more mins.
   

   

2. Now add it shallots and tomato puree. Cook it till raw smell leaves. Take soaked almonds, peel off the skin. Grind it with poppy seeds. Set aside.

3. Then add in almond and poppy seed paste. Add cleaned chicken in the curry.  Toss it well to coat with masala.  Add in required water. check the consistency of the curry. Cover and cook till chicken to soft.

Tada. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve it with any rice, roti or with pulao. I served it with coconut milk pulao.