Chicken Sutriya – A special Ramzan delicacy

As Ramzan is around the corner, we are all eagerly waiting to munch on mouth watering delicacies and one of them being Sutriya.

Sutriya is a south Indian dish popular within the Muslim community. It is a one pot dish easy to cook and liked be kids and people of all ages. Sutriya is a a rice pasta cooked in a spicy chicken or mutton soup like gravy.

Ingredients:

• Rice floor 2 cup
• Chicken (Preferred boneless small cubes) – 250 gms
• Onions (2 – 3 chopped onions)
• Tomato ( 2 – 3 and make a puree of it)
• Ginger Garlic Paste ( 2 teaspoon)
• Green Chilies ( 2 -3)
• Coriander leaves
• Mint leaves
• 1 Lemon
• Curd (50 gm)
• Turmeric ( 1 tea spoon)
• Chili Powder ( 1 teaspoon regular chili, 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili for color)
• Coriander Powder ( 2 teaspoon)
• Zeera Powder (1 teaspoon)
• Garam Masala ( 2 teaspoon) or alternatively you can add whole spices (4 cloves, 1 cinnamon, 2 small cardamom, 1 big cardamom, etc.)
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 cup

The dish is cooked in 3 main steps.

1. Preparation of Rice Pasta
   • take 2 cups of rice floor in a large bowl
   • Add 1 tea spoon of salt to the rice floor
   • Add 2 cups of hot water to the rice floor
   • let it cool down for sometime
   • Make a fine dough of the rice floor
   • slowly add additional warm water as needed
   • Once the dough is ready, cover it up nicely and let it rest for 10 – 15 minutes
   • Apply some oil on your left palm and make small balls out of the dough
   • Make the balls in a cylindrical shape, and with the thump apply some pressure in the center of the cylindrical and make a boat like shape.
   • let the pasta rest on a plate
2. Preparation of Curry
   • Take a big pan and add oil to it.
   • Add chopped onions and fry till it turns light brown
   • Add ginger garlic paste and fry for another 2-3 minutes
   • Add chicken pieces to it and let it fry for another 5 minutes on high flame
   • Add turmeric and red chilli powder
   • Add tomoato puree and let it cook for another 10 minutes
   • Add coriander powder
   • Add Garam Masala
   • Add green chilli and let it cook for another 5 minutes, and wait till you see oil getting separated from tomato
   • lower the flame and add whisked curd to the gravy and stir it for 2-3 minutes
   • Increase the flame to medium
   • Add water to the gravy and let it cook for another 10 minutes. Make the gravy little soupy so we can enjoy with pasta.
   • Squeeze in half lemon
   • Add mint and coriander leaves and let it cook on medium flame
3. Cooking Pasta with Curry
   • Add the Pasta slowly to the gravy and let it boil for 5 – 8 minutes
   • Slowly turn the pasta upside down and let it boil for another 5 – 8 minutes

Soupy, Spicy, Hot and yummy Sutriya is ready to serve in a bowl.

Please cook this yummy dish at home and enjoy with your friends and family.

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