Chettinad Chicken Soup/ Kozhi Rasam

Chettinad Chicken Soup

This an yet another authentic chettinad recipe from our home. This chicken rasam can be either served as soup for starter or as rasam with steamed rice. Very good remedy for cold.

Ingredients

Chicken with bone- 250 gms

Onion medium chopped- 2 nos

Tomato small chopped- 3 nos

Sombu/ fennel seeds- 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves chopped few

Corinader leaves chopper few

Oil required

Salt to taste

Roast and grind to fine powder

Coriander seeds- 2 tsp

Dry red chilli- 3 nos

Pepper- 1 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds- 2 tsp

Sombu/ Fennel seeds- 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon stick- 1" piece

Garlic cloves- 6 nos

Chettinad Chicken Rasam

Method

Heat oil in pan when hot add fennel seeds fry for few seconds. Add chopped onion, curry leaves and tomato, saute for few mins. Now add chicken and turmeric powder, saute for few more minutes. Add 2 1/2 cup water and required salt to the sauted chicken. Let the chicken cook covered for 20 mins if cooking in pan. If using pressure cooker let chicken cook for one whistle. Once the chicken is cooked add the ground spice powder, bring the chicken soup to boil and turn off the heat. Garnish with coriander leaves. The consistency of soup can be adjusted by adding or reducing water.

Kozhi Rasam

Mutton Fat Pepper Curry/ Kozhuppu Kuzhambu

Kozhuppu Kuzhambu

This is a very popular kuzhambu( gravy) in Chettinad, very delicious to eat with hot steamed rice. In this recipe we dont use mutton( lamb) flesh or bone parts, while buying request the butcher for only mutton fat. This curry gets thickened very soon becoz of the fat content, every time this curry has to be heated before serving. Now days thie fat curry is diminishing from Chettinad homes becoz of the health factors but the taste is 100% worth eating once in lifetime.

Ingredients

Mutton fat- 250 gms

Onion small chopped- 1 no

Tomato medium chopped- 1 no

Garlic cloves chopped- 4 nos

Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

Black pepper corns coarsely ground- 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder- 1 tsp 

Coriander powder/ Dhania thool- 1 1/2 tbsp

Cumin powder- 1/2 tbsp

Water required

Salt to taste

Oil- 2 tbsp

Curry leaves few

Mutton Fat Curry

Method

Heat oil in a pan when hot add chopped onions, curry leaves, garlic and mutton fat. Fry for few mins until fat slightly cooks. Now add chopped tomatoe, turmeric powder, pepper powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and required salt. Fry for few seconds and add required water. Cover pan and simmer curry for 20 minutes or until oil floats on top.