Kozhiyum pidiyum / Chicken with rice dumplings)

 

Ingredients for pidi

1) Rice powder – 200 gm
    Cumin seeds  – 1 pinch
    Salt  as needed

2) Rice powder – 2 tbsp
    Water             – 2 cups
    Salt as needed

3) Coconut milk   – 1 cup

4) Red chilli          – 2 nos
    Mustard seeds   – 1/2 tsp
    Shallots                –  3 nos
    Curry leaves
    Oil                      – 1 tsp   

How to make pidi

Mix first ingredients with hot water. ( it should be like idiyappam dough ).  Knead the dough to make soft small balls. Steam them. In a pan, boil 2 nd ingredients  when it starts to boil, add steamed rice dumplings along with salt,  allow it to boil in a low flame. When it starts to thicken remove from heat and add coconut milk.

Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds  saute red chillies, shallots and curry leaves. Pour over the pidi/ rice dumplings .

Ingredients for chicken curry

Chicken cut into small pieces – 1/2 kg
Onion chopped                         – 2 medium
Curry leaves
Green chilli                             – 2  nos
Ginger paste                           – 1 tsp
Garlic paste                            – 1 tsp
Kashmiri chilli powder             –  1 tbs
Coriander powder                    –  2 tbsp
Turmeric powder                     – 1 tsp
Garam masala                          –  1 tsp
Coconut milk                           –  1 cup
Coconut oil                              – 2 tbsp
Salt as needed

Directions
Heat coconut oil in a pan, saute onion.  When onion turns brown in colour, add curry leaves, green chillies, ginger garlic paste on a low flame.  Then add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala. Saute for a minute. Add chicken pieces and salt. Close the lid and let it cook. When it is done, add coconut milk to this. Now remove from stove. Serve them hot with pidi.