Saurashtra Chicken Curry/Gravy - சௌராஷ்டிரிய சிக்கன் கிரேவி

 Sourashtra 

Saurashtra or Sourashtra or ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ or Palkar (Sanskrit: सौराष्ट्र, Tamil: சௌராட்டிரம்) is an Indo-Aryan language^[2] spoken by the Saurashtriancommunity native to Gujarat, who migrated and settled in Southern India. Madurai in South India has the highest number of people belonging to this community and also remains as their cultural center.

The language is largely only in spoken form even though the language has its own script. The lack of schools teaching Saurashtra script and the language is often cited as a reason for the very few number of people who actually know to read and write in Saurashtra script. Latin, Devanagari or Tamil script is used as alternative for Saurashtra Script by many Saurashtrians.

The Saurashtra alphabet was developed towards the end of the 19th century. A number of Sourashtra letters a similar to letters in the Oriya and Gujarati alphabets. Sourashtra has also been written with Telugu and Devanagari alphabets but is usually written with a slightly modified version of the Tamil alphabet.

Combination of 100 language is Sourashtra

Saurashtra Chicken Curry/Gravy

Serves : 3

Very Simple , easy & tasty 

Ingredients

Chicken pieces with bone – ¼ kg

Salt – to taste

For tempering

Oil – 1 tspn

Mustard seeds – 1 tspn

Curry leaves few

Onion – 2 nos

Tomato – 1 no

For grinding

Whole black pepper

Cumin – seeds

Clove – 4 nos

Garlic – 5 pod

Kas kas – 1 tbspn

Method

Wash the chicken and drain the water completely

Grind the above said ingredients in a mixer to a smooth paste.

In a wide vessel temper the above said ingredients and add chicken and salt cook 5 min on low fire.

Add grounded masala , toss well and cook 15 min on low fire.

Finally add coriander leaves serve with side dish for any meal.

I learnt this recipe from my school friend (8^th std) chitra who speaks saurashtra language. This recipe is little bit different and spicy too.

 Very good remedy for cold, cough, sore throat.

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