Kori Rotti is a spicy dish of Tulu Udupi-Mangalorean cuisine, a combination of red-chili-based chicken curry and crisp, dry wafers made from boiled rice. Kori means chicken in Tulu.



Ingredients
300 gms chicken
2 tbsp coconut oil
2 medium-size chopped onions
1 sprig of curry leaves
Salt to taste
1 cup fresh coconut gratings
2 tbsp cashew nuts (optional)
Marinate chicken with:
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric/Haldi powder
Marinate for 20 minutes
For the masala paste:
2 tsp dhania/coriander seeds
5-6 methi/fenugreek seeds
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 inch piece of cinnamon/dalchini
12-15 dry red chillies
1 tsp oil
Chickpea size tamarind
1 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
4 garlic cloves
For the tempering:
2 tsp ghee
Few curry leaves
1 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
Procedure
Wash the chicken pieces, drain all the water. Marinate pieces with salt and turmeric powder. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Soak cashew nuts in warm water.
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, put coriander seeds, and fry on a medium flame.
Once it is half done add cinnamon, mustard seeds, and methi seeds into it and fry again for 2 minutes. Remove it in a bowl.
Put Red chillies into the same pan and roast till it turns slightly dark in color. Let it cool.
Meanwhile, grind the soaked cashew nuts and make a smooth paste. Keep it aside.
Grind coconut gratings with water and extract coconut milk. (around one and a half cup) Keep it aside.
Transfer the roasted ingredients to the mixer jar, add tamarind, jeera, and garlic cloves.
Grind them into a smooth paste.
Heat oil in the pan, add chopped onions, curry leaves, and saute till they turn light brown in color.
Add the masala paste and fry for 5 minutes.
Now tip in the marinated chicken pieces and 1/2 cup water. Give a nice mix and cook with a lid covered.
Once the chicken pieces become tender, add salt, coconut milk and cook again for 5-10 minutes.
Add the cashew paste and mix well. Give a quick boil and turn off the flame.
Add the tempering with the mentioned ingredients.
Serve hot with Rotti. You can also have this with idli, neer dosa, or idiyappam/shyavige.


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