Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

Chicken   1/4(250 g) Onion   100 g Ginger   10 g Garlic   4 cloves Tomatoes   100 g Curd   2 tsp Salt   1/2 tsp Haldi   1/4 tsp Red chilli powder   1/4 tsp Garam masala   1/4 tsp Poppy seeds   1/4 tsp Cumin seeds   1/4 tsp Poppy seeds   1/4 tsp Coriander seeds   1/4 tsp Cloves and pepper corn   2 each Cinnamon   1/2" piece Green cardamom   2 Bay leaf   1 Fat   1 tbsp Coriander leaves   a few

  Method:

• Clean and wash the chicken and cut into pieces.
• Grind ginger, garlic, poppy seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cloves, pepper corns and cinnamon together to a fine paste.
• Grate or grind the onion.
• Heat fat a thick bottom pan, add cardamom, bay leaf and onion paste. Fry the onion to golden brown. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, masala paste, blanched and chopped tomatoes and beaten curd.
• Fry till the masala is done and fat separates out.
• Add chicken pieces and fry for 5-10 minutes. Add sufficient water to make gravy and cook over slow heat till done and a thick gravy is left.
• Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves and garam masala.