Spicy Garlic Chicken Curry / Masala !!!

Ingredients:

Onion -1 large (finely chopped)

Red Wine Tomato / canned tomato – 2 (puree)

Ginger- garlic paste – 2 tsp

Cinnamon – 2 sticks

Cloves – 2

Garlic – 15 – 20

Curd/ yogurt – ¼ cup

Green chilies – 1

Salt to taste

Marination:

Chicken (boneless) – 500gms cut into small

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Red Chili powder / Kashmiri red chili powder - 2 tsp

Lime juice – 2 tsp

Salt – ¼ tsp

Tempering:

Oil – 1 tbsp

Butter / clarified butter – 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1tsp

Pepper corns crushed– ½ tsp

Fennel seeds – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – 1 strand

Method:

• Marinate the chicken by adding red chili powder, lemon juice, turmeric powder & salt.
• Heat the oil on the low flame, splutter the mustard seeds, fennel seeds and crushed pepper corns.
• Now add the peeled garlic cloves, chopped onions, green chilies and ginger-garlic paste until the raw flavour goes off.
• After that add the ground tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes.
• Now add the curd & chicken and saute it for 5 – 8 minutes until the chicken half cooked.
• Add the generous amount of water and mix it well.
• Now cover the lid and cook for 15 minutes, once its get dry.
• Garnish it with hand full of cilantro & mint.
• Serve it hot and enjoy it with dosa, idly, steamed rice & chapathi!!!