(Fried Chicken in a thick Tomato sauce)
Ingredients:
Chicken – 1kg cut (with bone)
Onion – 1 medium sized (chopped finely)
Tomato – 1 large (chopped finely)
Green chilly – 1 (chopped)
Ginger – 1 inch piece (sliced lengthwise)
Garlic – 3-4 pods whole
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Chilly powder – 1 tablespoon
Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Fennel powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Peppercorns – 3-4
Cinnamon – 1 stick
Cloves – 2-3
Oil – 1/2 cup
Water – 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
How to:
In a deep vessel, take half a cup water and add the cut chicken pieces, sliced ginger, whole garlic, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, fennel powder, peppercorns, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
Cover the vessel with a lid and cook on a medium flame till the chicken is half done. (Do not over cook chicken as the flesh may fall apart)
Remove the chicken from the gravy and keep aside.
Pour the oil into a heavy bottomed pan and fry the chicken pieces till golden brown. (Fry in small batches)
Keep fried chicken pieces on a tissue, to drain the oil.
Remove the excess oil from the frying pan and add the ginger garlic paste, chopped onions, green chillies and curry leaves and sauté for a few minutes till the onions are cooked.
Next add tomato to the pan and keep mixing to dissolve all the fried bits of chicken from the sides of the pan.
Cook till the tomato is well mashed and forms a thick sauce. (Add a little salt to the mix)
Next pour in the chicken gravy and let simmer till the gravy thickens.
Remove from flame and add the fried chicken pieces to the gravy.
Serve hot with rice or bread of your choice.
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