Chettinad Chicken

Ingredients: 

• Chicken - I kg
• Big Onion - 4nos
• Tomato - 4nos
• Garlic - 20 pieces
• Ginger - 1 big piece
• Pepper - 2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
• Fennel (Jeeraham)- 2 tsp
• Oil - 5 tsp
• Chilli Powder - ¹/₂small cup
• Coriander Powder - ¹/₄cup
• Cloves (lavangam) as required
• Tamarind as required
• Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:

Wash the chicken and cut to pieces. Mince garlic and ginger. Powder pepper, cumin seeds and fennel together. Fry the powders lightly and keep aside.

Season cloves in oil in a frying pan, add onion and tomato. Sauté well adding minced garlic and ginger. Add chicken with little turmeric powder and cook for 10 minutes. Add chilli /coriander powders, salt and mix well. Pour 4 cups of water and boil.  When chicken is half boiled, add the half fried Pepper, cumin seed and fennel powder and mix well. When the gravy thickens   to a paste, remove from fire. Serve hot.