Chettinad Chicken Dry Curry

Chettinad Chicken (dry)

Ingredients
500gms boneless chicken
1 medium sized onion
2 tomatoes
6 garlic flakes chopped
1 inch ginger chopped
1/2 cup of coconut milk
1/2 cup of water

Masala powder:
2 tbsp chilly powder
1 tbsp corriander powder
1 tbsp cumin powder
1 tbsp fennel powder
1 tbsp crushed black pepper powder


For seasoning:
3 tbsp oil
garam masala items


Marinate:

chicken pieces
1/2 a lemon (juice) or yogurt
1 tbsp chilly powder
salt to taste

Preparation
Marinate the chicken for atleast 30 minutes

Heat pan on medium fire and add oil and season with garam masala items, ginger and garlic and curry leaves

Add onions and cook till transparent

Now add tomatoes and salt.Cook till tomatoes mashes.

Now add masala powders except black pepper and then add coconut milks,salt to taste. Saute well.

Now add chicken and saute it with the masala for few minutes.

Add water to the chicken and allow it to boil with a lid on,

When chicken is cooked, open the lid and simmer the fire and allow to cook on open.
Now add black pepper powder and allow the gravy to thicken.

Once the gravy thickens, put off the fire and garnish with corriander leaves.

Serve with hot chapatis or plain rice.