Ingredients:
1 kg chicken, cut into pieces
3 medium onions, chopped
2 + 2 green chillies, slit
1 1/2 tbsp ginger, crushed
5-6 garlic cloves, crushed
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 1/2 tbsp red chilli powder
1 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tbsp chicken masala
1/2 -1 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 medium tomato, chopped
3 cardamoms
3 cloves
1 piece cinnamon
2 dry red chillies
2-3 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
2 sprig curry leaves
salt to taste
3-4 tbsp coconut oil
Preparation:
- Heat oil in a pan and add cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, dry red chillies and curry leaves and saute.
- Add chopped onions and little salt and saute well till soft.
- Add slit green chillies, crushed ginger and garlic and saute well till raw smell goes.
- Reduce the flame and add turmeric powder and mix well.
- Add cleaned chicken pieces, mix well and cook covered at medium flame for 10 minutes.
- Add red chilli powder, kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, chicken masala, garam masala, pepper powder and salt and mix well.
- Add 4-5 tbsp hot water and mix well and cook covered for 10 minutes.
- Then add chopped tomato and coriander leaves, mix well and cook covered for another 8-10 minutes.
- Add 2 slit green chillies and few curry leaves and mix well for 2-3 minutes at low flame.
- Switch off the flame and keep it covered for 5 minutes…Serve with ghee rice, appam, chapati etc..
- Adjust the spice powders according to your spice level…
