Chicken Chettinad Recipe

Ingredients
1. Chicken (8 medium sized pieces about 800 grams)
2. chopped onions (2 medium)
3. red chili powder (1 tsp)
4. lemon juice (2 tsp)
5. water (2 cups)
6. curry leaves (8 big)
7. chopped tomatoes (2 large)
8. oil (2 tbsp)
9. turmeric powder (1 tsp)
10. chopped coriander leaves (for garnishing)

For the paste:-
1. Poppy seeds (khus khus ) (2 tsp)
2. grated onion (6 tbsp optional)
3. broken cinnamon (1 piece)
4. chopped ginger (2 tsp)
5. red chilies (6 whole)
6. cloves (2)
7. garlic (2 tsp)
8. green cardamoms (2)
9. cumin, coriander and fennel seeds (1 tsp each)

Method of preparation:-
1. Take a pan, place it over heat. Heat oil in it and roast all the ingredients for the paste in it except ginger and garlic. Keep the mixture to cool and then grind it to make a paste with garlic and ginger.

2. Take a heavy bottomed pan, place it over medium heat and fry onions in it until they changes to golden brown in color. Then add red chili powder, turmeric powder, ground paste and curry leaves in it and fry them. Now add chopped tomatoes in it and cook them for about 2 minutes until the oil gets separate.

3. Now add chicken in it and mix it well. Cook it for about 5 minutes over medium heat. Add water and lemon juice in it and then add salt according to taste in it. Mix it properly and then cover the pan and keep it to cook for about 20 minutes until the chicken gets cooked. When it gets ready then decorate it with chopped coriander leaves and serve it.

Number of servings – 4