Indian style Pepper Chicken Gravy

Ingredients

Chicken - 1 kg
Onion - 5 nos medium size
Tomato - 3 nos medium size
Ginger - Garlic paste - 3 tbs
Oil - 4 ts
Mint Leaves - 20 nos
Coriander leaves - 20 strands
Salt for taste
Crushed Pepper - 1 ts
Lemon Juice - 1 ts

Marination

Yogurt/Curd - 4 ts
Red chilli pwd - 2 ts
Coriander/Dhaniya pwd - 4 ts
Cumin pwd - 1 ts
Fennel pwd - 1 ts
Cinnamon pwd - 1/2 ts
Salt - 1/2 ts
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 ts
Turmeric pwd - 1/4 ts


Tempering

Cloves - 4 nos
Cardamom - 2 nos
Fennel seeds - 1 ts
Cumin seeds - 1 ts
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon Stick - 1 inch


Method

1. Remove the skin and cut the chicken into medium pieces.

2. Apply little curd/vinegar,turmeric and salt on chicken pieces and wash nicely.

3. Pat dry the chicken with some paper towel.

4. In a mixing bowl, put all the spice powder mentioned in the marination list. Make it a paste and coat on the chicken pieces, let it marinate for 30mins or to get extra flavor you can even refrigerate the marination for whole night.

5. Finely chop the onion,tomatoes,coriander leaves.

6. For cooking, in a thick bottomed pan add 2 ts of oil and put the items in the given order as per the tempering list.

7. Add curry leaves,mint leaves and saute for 1min, then add Minced Onion and saute for 3 mins with a pinch of salt.

8. Add the remaining ts Ginger garlic paste and saute it, when you see the onion are turned to light golden brown color then add the chopped tomatoes and saute nicely for about 5 mins.

9. Now add the marinated chicken mixture and stir it nicely so that the gravy is fully coated on the chicken pieces.

10. No need to add water as the chicken will leave some water, adjust the seasoning,Sprinkle a ts of coriander leaves and cover the lid,let the chicken cook in medium heat for 20 mins. Stir it occasionally for every 5mins.

11. Once the chicken is fully cooked add the pepper powder and saute till becomes to a gravy consistency and switch off the gas.

12. Add the lemon juice and garnish with more coriander leaves.

This gravy goes well with curd rice, and a tasty medicine for cold.