Chicken sukke recipe - How to make chicken sukke

Chicken sukke - This is an easy chicken recipe that you can make quickly. Chicken is always handy if you want to make some quick and delicious side dish for roti. In my hometown this dish is served as a starter. It is very simple dish to prepare and my family loves it. I have garnished the dish with slightly fried onions and capsicums as these taste well with chicken. You can make this dish on weekend to treat your family. Also you can make raita to go with this spicy chicken dish.

Chicken Sukke Recipe

Prep time : 15 mins 

Cook time : 30 mins

Total time : 45 mins

Recipe type : Chicken

Cuisine : Konkani

Yield : Serves 2

Author : Vidya Chandrahas

Ingredients 

• 250 grams boneless chicken, cleaned, washed, cubed
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 capsicum, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp curd / yogurt
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tbsp dry coconut, grated
• Fistful of coriander leaves, chopped
• 3 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp oil or ghee
• Salt to taste

Grind to powder 

• 3 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
• 1 tsp turmeric powder / haldi
• 1+ 1/2  tsp chilli powder
• 2 small cinnamon / dalchini
• 10 black pepper
• 5 cloves / lavang
• 1 black cardamom / masala elaichi

Method

1. Wash the capsicum and peel the onion. Chop them into thin slices. discard the seeds and rind.
2. Dry roast all the ingredients for masala except cardamom. 
3. Peel the cardamom and mix the seeds  in the roasted ingredients. 
4. Grind together the ingredients to a coarse powder without using any water.
5. Heat little oil in a pan, add the onion and capsicums, saute for 2 minutes. Remove and keep aside.
6. In a bowl, mix  together the chicken,  masala powder, yogurt and salt. Keep it aside.
7. Heat oil  in a pan and add chopped garlic and saute until aromatic.
8. Add the marinated chicken and saute until aromatic.
9. Add 1/4 cup of water, stir to combine  and cook covered until  chicken is tender. 
10. Once the chicken become soft, remove the lid and simmer till the masala becomes thick.
11. Add grated fresh coconut, coriander leaves, onions and capsicums. Saute for 2 minutes.
12. Remove from  the flame. Squeeze the lime and mix well.  Serve hot as a starter or as a side dish to roti or chapathi.

Chicken sukke - step by step pictures

Preparation

1.  Wash the capsicum and peel the onion. Chop them into thin slices. discard the seeds and rind.

2.  Dry roast all the ingredients for masala except cardamom. Peel the cardamom and mix the seeds  in the roasted ingredients. Grind together the ingredients to a coarse powder without using any water.

Method

1. Heat little oil in a pan, add the onion and capsicums, saute for 2 minutes. Remove and keep aside.
2. In a bowl, mix  together the chicken,  masala powder, yogurt and salt. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil  in a pan and add chopped garlic and saute until aromatic.
4. Add the marinated chicken and saute until aromatic.
5. Add 1/4 cup of water, stir to combine  and cook covered until  chicken is tender. Once the chicken become soft, remove the lid and simmer till the masala becomes thick.
6. Add grated fresh coconut, coriander leaves, onions and capsicums. Saute for 2 minutes.
7. Remove from  the flame. Squeeze the lime and mix well.  Serve hot as a starter or as a side dish to roti or chapati