Chettinad Chicken

Ingredients

• - 1 kg: Chicken
• - 1 1/2 cup: Onion
• - 1 cup: Tomato
• - 20 cloves: Garlic
• - 1 big piece: Ginger
• - 2 tsp: Pepper
• - 2 tsp: Cumin seeds
• - 2 tsp: Fennel (Jeera)
• - ¼ cup: Coriander Powder
• - ½ small cup: Chilli Powder
• - Cloves (lavangam) as required
• - Tamarind as required
• - Salt to taste
• - 5 tsp: Oil

Method

• - Wash the chicken and cut to pieces.
• - Mince garlic and ginger.
• - Powder pepper, cumin seeds and fennel together.
• - Fry the powders lightly and keep aside.
• - Season cloves in oil in a frying pan, add onion and tomato.
• - Sauté well adding minced garlic and ginger.
• - Add chicken with little turmeric powder and cook for 10 minutes.
• - Add chilli /coriander powders, salt and mix well.
• - Pour 4 cups of water and boil.
• - When chicken is half boiled, add the half fried pepper, cumin seed and fennel powder and mix well.
• - When the gravy thickens to a paste, remove from fire.
• - Serve hot