Kerala Coconut Chicken Curry

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    as part of a rice-based meal
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 1998

  • About

There is a familiar joke told in India about Kerala, where this chicken curry comes from, that Kerala’s largest export is people and their brains. Kerala is a unique state. It has the highest population density in India, and it has by far the highest literacy rate, especially for women. It is not unusual to meet Keralese doctors, engineers, and lawyers outside of India, as well as in other parts of the country. There is some truth to the joke.

As you fly into Kerala, the first thing