Art of Cooking

Ingredients: 

 

• 1 chicken skinned and cut into 10 pcs

• 1 cup fried onions

• 1 1/2 cups yogurt

• 1 tbsp ginger/garlic paste

• Half tsp turmeric powder

• 2 tsp red chilli powder (if you want it mild or less spicy 1tsp is fine)

• Half a tsp of garam masala powder

• Half a tsp of black pepper powder

• 2 small sized cinnamon sticks

• 3-4 cardamoms

• 2 cloves

• 3 bay leaves

• 2 tbsp lemon juice

• 2 tsp corinder powder

• 3 green chillies chopped

• A few coriander leaves finely chopped

• A few mint leaves finely chopped

• Salt to taste

 

Preparation Method:

 

In a large mixing bowl put the chicken and add fried onions, yogurt, ginger/garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, black pepper powder, lemon juice and salt to taste. Keep it aside for 1-2 hours 

 

Take a deep bottomed vessel heat half a cup of oil on medium heat and add cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves and bay leaves. Now add the chicken mixture, add corinder powder and fry well for until 10 minutes and then add 2 cups of water. Cover with lid and let it simmer , stir occasionally.

 

Cook until the oil starts to separate , the chicken is tender and you achieve a gravy like consistency. 

 

Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.