one of one or one and a half kg, butter 50 grms,or refined oil but butter is tasty, sugar 3 teaspoon, tomato finely cut one cup, big onion finely cut two numbers, The following are for grinding pepper powder half teasponn, Manjal quarter teaspoon, chilly powder one table spoon,Cardamom seven, cloves seven, Karuva patta(Cinamon) two small pieces, ginger one inch one and a half piece,Garlic 6 pieces or paste as required all these to be grounded in a mixie Keep the vessal on the fire and put sugar and make it caramal when the sugar boils add butter For sugar melting use very mild fire only. keep on stirring and it will show a golden colour or caramal colour. Then add chicken and salt. Elakkuka. When half cooked it will get the caramal colour and by that time there will not be any gravy. If the chicken is cooked well u can use it in the same condition. Keep another vessal on to the fire. Put some butter and add the onion and stirr. after some time add the arappu and elakkify again. When the arappu is well cooked add tomatoes and when that is also well cooked add a little bit of water for chaar.Now mix the chicken with the arappu and elakkify again If sweetness is not enough add a little more sugar. This can be used with chappathi, fried rice etc. Preferably the gravy should be thick so that it will taste better.While making caramel chicken there should not be any skin on the chicken. |