Keralan Chicken Curry

What is it?

South Indian-style curry sauce with coconut milk, curry leaves, and spices coats pieces of poultry, usually packed as a frozen meal for heating at home. Expect a looser, aromatic sauce rather than a thick, tomato-heavy one, which is typical of Kerala-style cooking. Curry leaves and mustard seeds give this a noticeably different aroma from North Indian curries, and the coconut milk rounds out the heat into something gentler. Spicing is warm rather than fiery, with a layered complexity that builds over each bite. Serve it with rice or flatbreads after heating from frozen.