CHICKEN KALI MIRCH

Chicken- 700 gms cut into medium pieces

Ingredients:

For Marination: 

Yogurt 1 cup

Lemon ½

Salt to taste

Pepper - 1 Tspn coarsely ground ( more if you need spicy)

To be ground:

Onions- 2 medium size

Green chilly -2pcs

Garlic- 3 cloves

Ginger 1 inch

Powders

Coriander- 1 Tspn

Cumin- ½ Tspn

Turmeric - ¼ Tspn

Cardamom 1, cloves 2, cinnamon stick small piece and star anise 1 petal crushed

Bay leaf- 1pc 

Onions- ½ finely sliced

Oil/ ghee- 2 Tbspn 

Coriander- 1 Tbspn finely chopped for garnishing

Almonds- finely crushed for garnishing

Method:

Cut and wash the chicken and add lemon juice and salt and set aside for 15 mnts. 

Drain the water, add yogurt and pepper. Marinate this for 1 hour or more.

In a vessel, in medium flame, add ghee & oil, fry onions until brown and add the grounded paste. 

Fry for about 2 mnts and start adding the powders one after the other including the bay leaf.  

Add the chicken and mix well. 

Cover the lid and cook till it is done. 

Check for salt and add if required. 

Garnish with coriander leaves and crushed almonds.