Chettinad Chicken Masala

Ingredients: 

1. Chicken - 1 Kg
2. Curd/ yoghurt - 1 cpu
3. Turmeric - 1 tbsp
4. Salt - as per taste
5. Oil - 5 tbsp
6. Onion - 1no
7. Lemon - 1no [or] lemon juice - 1 tbsp
8. Cardamon - 5 no
9. Cinnamon - 1 small pcs
10. Cloves - 5 no
11. Chilli - 7 no
12. Garlic - 1
13. Ginger - 1 tsp
14. Pepper [black] - 8 no
15. Fenu Greek - 1 tsp
16. Poppyseed - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Cut and clean the Chicken in to big pcs.
2. Then add salt, turmeric powder and marinate [soak] in curd for 1 hr.
3. Just in a dry pan, fry ingredients 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16.
4. Grind them in mixie [using water, optional] and keep aside.
5. Now in pan heat the oil and fry the chopped onions.
6. Then add the ground mix and fry it for few minutes.
7. Now add the marinated Chicken and cook well.
8. Once chicken is cooked add lemon juice.
9. Allow the water to evaporate by keeping in low flame.
10. The saturated fat of chicken will float as oil on top, then its time for yummy dinner.