Trinidadian Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

 * 1 whole chicken, cut into small pieces
 * 4 tablespoons of freshly ground pepper
 * 3 tablespoons of coconut paste
 * 2 teaspoon chilli powder
 * 2 teaspoon cumin powder
 * 3 teaspoon dhania
 * 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
 * 2 large onions, sliced finely
 * 2 cloves
 * 1 cinnamon stick
 * 2-3 cardamoms
 * 2 tomatoes, cut into small cubes.
 * 1 tomato, blended to a smooth paste
 * 3 tablespoon cooking oil or ghee(clarified butter)

Blend to a smooth paste:
 * 1 piece ginger
 * 2-3 garlic cloves

Directions

 * 1) Marinate the chicken in salt and 2 tablespoon of pepper for 1/2 hour and place in mixing bowl. Fry the chicken in large pan using 1/4 of the oil, drain and set aside.
 * 2) Fry the onions in rest of the oil till it turns translucent.
 * 3) Add the cloves, cinnamon and cardammom and fry for a minute. Now add the ginger-garlic paste and fry till the paste turns brown. Add the spices (red chilli powder, etc) and stir in for a minute.
 * 4) Now add tomato, coconut paste and the remaining pepper. Fry for a while till the whole mixture loses all moisture. #Now add the tomato paste.
 * 5) Add the chicken pieces and stir till all the chicken is well covered with the masala.
 * 6) Add 1-2 water and keep covered for 10 minutes. You can add more water to get a gravy. Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves.
 * 7) You can eat this with either roti or plain rice/dal.