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    Chicken Gassi Recipe | Mangalore Style

    Published : Dec 3,2019 | Last Updated On : Apr 26, 2021 by Muktha

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    Chicken Gassi Recipe with step by step photos and short video .

    Chicken Gassi is a delicious chicken curry from Mangalore region . Fresh grated coconut with garlic and cumin seeds paste along with freshly ground spices make this a very tasty chicken curry.

    Chicken gassi is not a spicy chicken , the heat in the curry is well balanced with mild sweetness from coconut. Also additional ghee temper with onions and curry leaves yields a flavourful and rich curry .

    Similar recipes from Mangalore cuisine in blog are Meen Gassi and Chicken sukka

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    About this recipe

    If you are looking for any authentic mangalorean kori gassi then this recipe is just for you . There are 2 ways of making chicken gassi or kori gassi , one version includes adding coconut milk and second version is with fresh coconut and garlic paste . I am following the second version with fresh coconut and garlic paste.

    Actual recipe of this kori gassi uses gavran chicken / nati chicken / country chicken . But I have used farm chicken in this recipe. Undoubtedly gavran chicken tastes more delicious . Instead of coconut you can also use coconut milk in this recipe.

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    I got this recipe from Vijayalakshmi Reddy's Cookery School. She is one of the famous food enthusiast and recipe developer from Bangalore since 40 years . Also she was associated with KMF and MTR for recipe developing . Since the day I started developing interest on food and cooking , I am following her recipes and till date it's never a failure. And this Chicken Gassi is my all time favorite from her recipe book.

    Step by step directions to make Chicken Gassi:

    In a pan , heat ½ tablespoon of oil , cinnamon stick , cloves, add black peppercorns , red chillies , coriander seeds , fenugreek seeds and jeera seeds , roast them well.

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    Add chopped onion and fry till raw smell of goes off and onion starts to change colour. Turn off the heat and let all the roasted items cool down.

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    Transfer the roasted spices and onion into a mixer jar / blender and blend to a fine paste.

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    Add little water and blend to smooth and fine paste and set aside.

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    In a pressure cooker or deep pan , heat 2 tablespoon of oil . Add 1 chopped onion and fry till raw smell goes off.

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    Wash and clean chicken , drain water completely . Add cleaned chicken pieces.

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    Add turmeric powder and salt ½ tsp.

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    Mix well and cook chicken on high heat , till it changes colour from pink to white.

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    Now add chopped Tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes , till tomatoes starts to leave water.

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    Add above blend paste .

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    Mix well and cook on medium heat till masala coats chicken.

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    Add 1 cup of water and 1 teaspoon of salt .

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    Allow chicken to cook . By end of this step chicken should be , almost 80 % cooked.

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    Whilst , take a blender / mixer jar add grated fresh coconut , garlic cloves and ¼ teaspoon jeera seeds .

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    Add little water a blend to a very fine paste.

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    Now add this coconut masala into chicken .

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    Mix well and cook till gravy becomes medium thick.

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    To Temper :

    Take a pan or tadka pan , heat 1 tablespoon of ghee/ clarified butter , add one finely chopped onion and fry till its golden brown , add curry leaves and fry till crisp.

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    Now pour this temper over prepared chicken curry , give a stir and serve.

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    Serve hot with Neer dosa , idli or appam. I served with Neer Dosa for sunday morning breakfast . You can try this for weekend breakfast /brunch too.

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    Chicken Gassi Recipe | Mangalore Style

    Chicken Gassi is delicious chicken curry made with fresh coconut and freshly ground spices . Its native of Mangalore and usually served with neer dosa , appam or Idli.
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: Karnataka, Mangalore
    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Servings : 4
    Calories / Serving : 386
    Author: Muktha H S

    Ingredients 

    To Roast and Grind

    • 8-10 no's Guntur Red chillies or any spicy variant
    • 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds
    • ½ teaspoon Jeera seeds
    • ½ teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds / Methi Seeds
    • ½ teaspoon Black peppercorns
    • 1 ½ " inch Cinnamon Sticks
    • 2 no Cloves
    • ¼ cup Onion , chopped
    • ½ tablespoon Cooking Oil

    Coconut Masala Paste

    • ½ cup Fresh Coconut Grated
    • 5-6 no Garlic Cloves
    • ¼ teaspoon Jeera / Cumins Seeds

    Other Ingredients

    • 500 grams Chicken , medium size pieces with bones
    • 1 no Onion , chopped
    • 1 no Tomatoes , chopped
    • 1 ½ tablespoon Coconut Oil
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • 1 ¼ cup Water
    • 11/2 teaspoon Salt or as required

    To temper

    • 1 tablespoon Ghee/Clarified Butter
    • 1 no Onion , chopped
    • 2-3 sprig Curry leaves

    Instructions

    • In a pan , heat ½ tablespoon of oil , add black peppercorns , cinnamon stick , cloves, jeera seeds , fenugreek seeds , red chillies , coriander seeds and roast them till you get pungent smell.
    • Add chopped onion and fry till raw smell of goes off and onion starts to change colour. Turn off the heat and let all the roasted items cool down.
    • Transfer the roasted spices and onion into a mixer jar / blender , add little water and blend to smooth and fine paste and set aside.
    • In a pressure cooker or deep pan , heat 2 tablespoon of oil . Add 1 chopped onion and fry till raw smell goes off.
    • Wash and clean chicken , drain water completely . Add cleaned chicken pieces.
    • Add turmeric powder and salt ½ tsp.
    • Mix well and cook chicken on high heat , till it changes colour from pink to white.
    • Now add chopped Tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes , till tomatoes starts to leave water.
    • Add above blend paste . Mix well and cook on medium heat till masala coats chicken.
    • Add 1 cup of water , 1 teaspoon salt and allow chicken to cook . By end of this step chicken should be almost 80 % cooked.
    • Whilst , take a blender / mixer jar add grated fresh coconut ,garlic cloves and ¼ teaspoon jeera seeds ,add little water a blend to a very fine paste.
    • Now add this coconut masala into chicken , ½ cup water and cook till gravy becomes medium thick.

    To Temper

    • Take a Tadka pan , heat 1 tablespoon of ghee/ clarified butter , add one finely chopped onion and fry till its golden brown , add curry leaves and fry.
    • Pour this temper over prepared chicken curry and serve hot with neer dosa , idli or appam.

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    Notes

    • You can replace dry red chilies with 1 teaspoon byadgi chilli powder and 1 teaspoon guntur (spicy variant) chilli powder.
    • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds with 2 teaspoon Coriander powder.
    • You can double or half this recipe, scale the measurements as per your need.
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    Comments

    1. Jyoti r s says

      January 14, 2020 at 11:01 am

      Could u pls post fish curry restaurant style..

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      • Muktha says

        January 14, 2020 at 11:03 am

        Hi Jyoti , are u looking for mangalore style fish curry recipe? If so please check Mangalore Fish Curry | Meen Gassi Recipe

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