Chettinad Chicken

Description

 * Ethnicity - South Indian
 * Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

 * 1 kg chicken
 * 4 big onion
 * 4 tomato
 * 20 cloves garlic
 * 1 big piece ginger
 * 2 tsp pepper
 * 2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
 * 2 tsp fennel
 * ¼ cup coriander powder
 * ½ small cup chilli powder
 * cloves (lavangam) as required
 * tamarind as required
 * salt to taste
 * 5 tsp oil

Directions

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