Chicken Piralan

Marination and Cooking Procedure:

1. Clean well the chicken pieces and drain the water completely.
2. Marinate the chicken pieces using ginger-garlic paste, salt and the powders mentioned under 'For Marination and Cooking Chicken' for 30 minutes.
3. Then cook the marinated chicken in a pressure cooker with ½ cup of water till 1-2 whistles .Switch off the flame and let it cool till all the pressure releases.
4. Open the cooker and cook till all the water content dries up completely under medium heat.
5. When the water is completely dried up, pour ½ teaspoon of coconut oil and stir for 1 minute on medium flame; Remove from heat and set aside.

Piralan Preparation

1. Heat 1 ½ tablespoon of coconut oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add the chopped onion, green chillies and sauté till the onion turns light brown.
2. Then add the halved shallots, ginger-garlic paste, curry leaves and sauté till the shallots are translucent.
3. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry till the tomatoes are nicely mashed and cooked.
4. Then add in the powders mentioned in 'For Masala' and the cooked chicken pieces; Mix till all the masala gets coated well on the chicken on low heat. Check for salt at this stage.
5. Finally add the thick coconut milk. Mix well and saute till the masala dries up completely.
6. Remove the pan from the flame and serve hot.