Chettinad Chicken

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:

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