Malvani Chicken Curry

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Yatra: A culinary journey across India

By Rohit Ghai

Published 2025

  • About

This is a spicy and flavourful chicken dish from the coastal region of Maharashtra, Malvan. An authentic Malvani chicken curry is made with a hot and aromatic masala and lots of coconut. This is a perfect chicken curry for all the spice lovers out there.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg/3 lb 5 oz whole chicken, cut into pieces

Method

Marinate the chicken in the ginger-garlic paste, ground turmeric and salt, and set aside.

Dry-roast all the masala ingredients in a dry frying pan until you get a nice nutty aroma. Let cool for a few minutes, then grind to a fine powder.

For the onion-coconut paste, heat the oil in a large, heavy pan over a medium heat. When hot, add the sliced onions and garlic, and sauté for 2