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 Kozhi Nirachathu/ Stuffed Chicken!!!

                                    
I have been longing to eat this chicken for a long time. Although I never tried to make one or for that matter didn't even check online for the recipe, until my friend Najla invited me for a dinner. She had prepared this and it was so yummy.
Here is the recipe link which I followed. 
http://shabscuisine.blogspot.com/2009/12/kozhi-nirachathustuffed-chicken-with.html
I will write down how i made this.
Before trying this recipe i would give you a little tip how to do it easily
1. Marinate the whole chicken for atleast 2 hours or overnight.
2. With in that 2 hours you can prepare the egg stuffing/ masala that has to go inside the chicken and masala/ gravy which makes the final gravy.
3. Since base of these gravies are almost same make one gravy and split it into two so that way u can save time.
Ingredients 
Chicken - 1 Small- Medium
Marinade:
Chilli powder - 3 Tbsp
Turmeric powder       - 1 Tsp
Lime juice   - 1 Tbsp 
Salt or as required
Water  - 3-4 tbsp
Ingredients for Egg stuffing:
Vegetable oil  - 2-3 tsp
Egg  - 1
Medium size onions thinly sliced - 2
Green chillies  - 3 sliced
Curry leaves - few
Ginger ,minced - ½ Tbsp 
Garlic, minced - ½ Tbsp 
Chilli powder/paprika - ½ Tsp
Turmeric powder - ½ Tsp
Coriander powder - 1 Tsp
Salt - to taste
Ingredients for the final gravy:
Medium size onions thinly sliced - 4
Curry leaves - few
Tomatoes chopped - 2 big
Ginger minced - 1 Tbsp 
Garlic minced - 1 Tbsp 
Green chillies -  3 slices
Cumin powder - 1 Tsp
Chilli powder/paprika - 2 Tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
Coriander powder - 2 Tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 Tsp
A handful of coriander leaves, chopped
Preparation
Clean the chicken well and make shallow incision on the thick part of chicken. 
Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients under marinade. Keep it in the fridge for at least 2 or more hours.
Boil Egg
Preparing the basic gravy
Heat oil in a big nonstick pot add all of the sliced onions, curry leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic from both of the egg stuffing and gravy and sauté till onion turns brown.
For the Egg Stuffing
In a big frying pan cook 1/4th of basic gravy add all the spice powders under egg stuffing (turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder) and sauté till it leaves aroma. Add egg and mix well.

Stuff the marinated chicken with this mixture. Insert the eggs first and then the onion masala. Do not over stuff it. Tie the legs together with a thread. Now we have to shallow fry the chicken before it goes to the gravy.
Frying the Chicken
Heat 1/4 cup of oil in a large frying pan or wok and shallow fry the chicken in medium heat briefly just for few minutes until all side are lightly browned. It may take 20 minutes for the whole chicken. Keep it aside.
Preparing the final gravy
Take the rest of the basic gravy start heating and add the tomatoes . Add the spice powders under final gravy ingredients (turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and chilli powder) and sauté till is thick and tomatoes are mushy. Add little water if the mixture is dry. Add coriander leaves and sprinkle garam masala. Mix well and cook for a couple of minutes more.
5. Final cooking:
After the gravy masala is prepared, place the fried chicken on the masala, cover with a lid and cook it on medium flame until done. Make sure you flip the chicken on all sides to ensure thorough cooking.

Pheww!! I know its a lot of work but the result is worth the effort.