Chettinadu Chicken Gravy

Preparation time: 10 mins
Makes 2 servings
Cooking time: 25 mins

Ingredient:

Chicken - 400 gm
Onion -  2 medium sized
Tomato - 1 medium sized
Ginger- 1 inch piece
Garlic - 4 pods
Green chilly - 3
Cocunut milk- 1 cup (no dilution)
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Cilantro- 1/2 cup
Salt
Oil

Masala:

Pepper- 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds-1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
Cardamom - 2
Red chilly- 9
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Curry leaves - Handful
Fennel seeds- 1/4 tsp

Procedure:

1.Grind the following into a paste: ginger, garlic and green chilly.
2.Heat oil in a pan, roast the ingredients under "Masala" and grind to powder.
3.Heat oil in a pan, add onions, curry leaves and grinded paste and saute for sometime.
4.Now add chicken pieces, turmeric powder, tomato and salt.Fry for 5 minutes.
5.Add cocunut milk and let it cook until the chicken is almost done.
6.Now add the grinded powder and adjust seasoning.
7.Garnish with cilantro.

Note: Cocunut milk can be added according to consistancy of the gravy required.