Chicken Potato Varatiyathu

'Kozhi (chicken) urulakizhangu (potato) ittu varattiyathu'. yumyumyum!!!  My mouth is watering. This is one of my favourite dish. Potato goes really good with meat. You can make the curry with required gravy by adding enough water or coconut milk. I like it dry. Potatoes n chicken will get slightly fried in this curry. Goes really well with chapati and appam.

1.Chicken - 1whole chicken (cut into small pieces)
2.Potato - 2nos (cut into small pieces)
3.Ginger Garlic paste - 1.5tbspn (fresh paste is better)
4.Green Chillies - 2-3nos (slit)
5.Onion - 2 nos (thinly sliced)
6.Curry leaves - 2 strings
7.Red Chilly powder - 1.5tspn
8.Coriander powder - 1tspn
9.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
10.Chicken Masala powder - 1.5 tbsp
11.Garam Masala Powder - 1tspn (fresh n homemade)
12.Tamarind Juice - 1tspn (optional)
13.Salt - to taste
14.Oil - as needed


Marinate chicken with salt, 1/2 tspn gingergarlic paste and 1tspn of lemon juice for 1hr preferably in the fridge.

Preperation :-

1.Heat oil in the pan (i use curry chatti)
2.Saute onion, chopped ginger garlic, green chillies, with a pinch of salt.
3.Once onions are soft and translucent, add one spring curry leaves.
4.Add all spices except garam masala and fry it for a min or 2 (simmer the flame).
5.Add tamarind juice to moist masala. (optional)
6.Add chicken n potatoes into the sauteed masala n mix it well.
7.Make sure that masala is well coated in chicken n potato pieces.
8.Simmer the flame a bit. Cover the pan n cook it.
9.Check it after few mins for water. If it is dry, add a little bit of water.
10.Once chicken n potatoes are almost cooked, open the pan and make it dry.
11.When u see oil in the bottom of the pan, stir it lightly n make it dry completely.
12.Add leftover curryleaves with fresh garam masala powder and mix it well
13.Switch off the flame once you get good smell. Keep it for sometime.

(The pic above is just chicken without potatoes.)