How to Make Perfect Kerala Style Pepper chicken

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Crush the whole black pepper and keep it aside. Kerala Style Pepper Chicken is an easy and spicy recipe that can be prepared with a few basic ingredients. I always use freshly grounded black peppercorns to prepare this pepper chicken. You can have Kerala Style Pepper chicken using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kerala Style Pepper chicken

1. You need of Marination.
2. It's of chicken.
3. It's of pepper powder.
4. You need of turmeric powder.
5. You need of lemon juice.
6. It's of salt.
7. Prepare of Masala.
8. It's of Onions (medium).
9. You need of ginger crushed.
10. You need of garlic crushed.
11. It's of green chilli slit lengthwise.
12. It's of black pepper Whole.
13. Prepare of garam masala.
14. You need of curry leaves.
15. Prepare of fennel powder.
16. It's of coconut oil.
17. Prepare of Small Thin square size coconut slices (optional).
18. It's of vinegar (optional).
19. Prepare of salt.

There are so many versions of preparing pepper chicken. While preparing pepper chicken I have used only dry red chilies. I have not used any tomatoes but you can use tomatoes. Grind coarsely whole pepper and fennel seeds (saunf).

Kerala Style Pepper chicken instructions

1. Marinate the cleaned chicken pieces with salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder and lemon juice. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.
2. Crush the whole black pepper and keep it aside.
3. Thinly slice onions and green chilli. Grind ginger and garlic into a fine paste. Thinly slice coconut into square pieces.
4. Heat 2 tsps oil in a pan and fry coconut pieces until it becomes golden brown colour. Keep it aside..
5. In a kadai/pan, heat the oil. When hot enough, add onions and curry leaves and saute well..
6. When the onions are brown, add the ginger, garlic and green chilli. Saute well till the aromatics release their flavor..
7. Add garam masala, fennel powder and crushed black pepper. Saute well..
8. Add marinated chicken pieces and stir around till the chicken pieces are well coated with the masalas.
9. Cover and cook for 20 minutes.After that open the lid and cook until the water evaporates..
10. Add 2 - 3 tsps oil and saute it until it gets roasted/fried well. If you like extra sourness, add vinegar.

Keep this aside while we make the base. Heat an iron kadai (preferably) with coconut oil. Kerala style chicken curry is one of the tasty spicy curry item which can be served with roti or rice. A curry is one of the dish in asian country. Chicken curry is originated in india.