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Recipes with chicken on the bone

3 recipes that use chicken on the bone, with photos, step-by-step instructions and cook times. The quickest, White chicken karahi, takes 50 minutes. It is most often cooked with coriander, black peppercorns and coconut.

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White chicken karahi

White karahi took off in Islamabad and Lahore restaurants as the mild, peppery alternative to the red version, and it has become a favourite for family dinners and mehndi menus where not everyone wants chilli heat. The chicken is fried with ginger and garlic, then finished in yogurt, cream and plenty of freshly cracked black pepper with whole green chillies, so the sauce is pale, rich and fragrant rather than fiery. A grainy, broken sauce is the classic pitfall; take the karahi off the heat before the yogurt goes in and bring it back to only a gentle simmer. Contains milk. Chef's tip: crack the black pepper coarsely just before using it, and add half at the start and half at the end for both warmth and aroma.

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Pidiyum kozhiyumRice dumplings with chicken curry

Central Kerala's Syrian Christian families, from Kottayam to Thrissur, make this for Christmas and Easter mornings and for the gatherings that follow a wedding. The pidi are marble-sized balls of roasted rice flour and coconut, poached in water and then simmered in thick coconut milk with garlic, cumin and shallots until they sit in a creamy, gently savoury sauce. Alongside goes a fiery kozhi curry (chicken curry) of bone-in chicken in a coconut-oil masala of onion, ginger, chilli and fennel-scented garam masala, cooked until the chicken reaches 74 °C at the thickest part. Each plate gets a ladle of soft, mild pidi and a ladle of red curry, and the two run together. It takes a little time, so families often roll the pidi together while the curry simmers. Common mistake: mixing the rice flour with cold or lukewarm water; the dough cracks and the pidi fall apart in the pot. Chef's tip: use boiling water and knead while it is still hot, wrapped in a cloth.

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Chicken sukkaDry coconut chicken masala

Kori sukka comes from the Bunt and Catholic kitchens of Mangaluru and Udupi, where it is cooked for village feasts, Monti Fest, weddings and slow Sunday lunches. 'Sukka' means dry: bone-in chicken is cooked in a fiery paste of roasted byadgi chillies, coriander, cumin, pepper and tamarind, then tossed with grated coconut that has been roasted to a deep brown until every piece is coated in a coarse, nutty, smoky masala. Byadgi chillies give a brilliant red colour with moderate heat, so the result is spicy but rounded. Cook the chicken to 74 °C at the thickest part before the coconut goes in. Serve with neer dosa, rice and a thin rasam, or with kori rotti. Common mistake: roasting the coconut over too high a heat; it burns from golden to bitter in seconds, so keep the flame low and stir constantly. Chef's tip: grind the masala coarse, not smooth, and add the roasted coconut only at the end so it keeps its texture.

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Goes well with chicken on the bone