Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Ingredients:

1 1/2lb Chicken (bite-size)

1 yellow onion (chopped)

2 tomato (chopped)

1 1/2tbsp ginger-garlic paste

2 serrano peppers or 3 green chilli (chopped)

6-7 Curry leaves

1tsp Black peppercorns

1tsp mustard seeds

1tsp Cumin seeds

4 cloves

1 cinnamon stick

3 green cardamom

1-2 Bay leaf

1/2tsp Turmeric powder

1 1/2tbsp Coriander powder

1/2tbsp Chilli powder

1/2tbsp Cumin powder

4tbsp oil

Salt

How to:

• In a wide skillet, heat oil, add mustard seeds,when it splutters, add cumin seeds through bay leaf.
• Add chopped onions and saute until golden brown.

• Now add turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, green chillies and curry leaves and cook until raw smell disappears.

• Add chopped tomatoes, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder and cook till its completely mashed.

• Now add the chicken along with salt, mix well and cook with lid closed.

• Check the salt and cook few more mins, with lid closed.

• Now crush the peppercorns and mix with the chicken.

• Switch off and garnish with cilantro.

Serve with steamed rice or naan.

Thanks for trying my recipe and sending the picture of the chicken dish , Selva Priya. Glad you guys liked it.