Chicken Curry

Chicken curry is the most preferred option as Sunday special. It makes good combination against both rice for lunch as well as chapati @ dinner. 

Chicken Curry

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Chicken - 1/2 kg
• Oil- 3spn
• Cloves - 4
• Cinnamon - 2 small inch
• Fennel seeds  - 1spn
• Onion - 3 (medium size)
• Tomato - 2 (small size)
• Red chilli powder- 2spn
• Turmeric powder- 1/4spn
• Salt - 1 & 1/2spn (adjust to taste)
• Water- 1/4 glass
• Green chilly - 2
• Garlic - 6 pieces
• Ginger- 1 small piece
• Curry leafs - Few
• Coriander leaves - Few

The following picture shows the step by step process for Chicken Curry: 

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Method:

1. Cut the chicken into medium size pieces, wash and keep aside
2. In a mix jar add the items mentioned below, grind softly and keep aside.(figure 1)                                                                                a) ginger -1small piece  b) garlic-6pieces  c) green chilly-2  d) onion-1  e) sompu-1/2spn  f) cinnamon-1small inch  g) cloves-2 
3. Cut the onions,tomatoes into thin slice and keep aside. 
4. Take pressure cooker, heat 3spn oil in a medium flame and add remaining cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds wait for crackle.(figure 2)
5. Add onions and salt, saute until onions become soft(figure 3 & 4)
6. Add grinned paste, saute for few min and add tomatoes,continue saute until tomatoes are smashed well.(figure 5 & 6)
7. Now add chicken pieces, red chilli powder, turmeric powder mix well and saute for 3 more minutes (figure7, 8 & 9)
8. Add 1/4 glass of water mix well and taste the water. If you feel like the taste is not as expected then add necessary ingredients to suit your taste and mix well.(figure 10)
9. Close the pressure cooker with lid, put weight and cook for 2 vessels in medium flame.(figure 11)
10. Finally serve in bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.(figure 12)

 Chicken curry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• grind the paste explained in 2nd step very smoothly
• Cook the curry for 2 vessels only or else chicken will be get smashed
• Saute onions and tomatoes well.