HERBY CHICKEN

Ingrediants:

Chicken - 500 gms cut into small pieces

Oil -4 tblspn

Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small piece

Cardamom / Yelakai - 3 crushed

Onion- 2 large sliced thinly

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn

Tomatoes - 3 large chopped finely

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Garam Masala powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

For Green Masala:

Coriander Leaves / Cilantro - 1 cup packed

Mint Leaves / Pudhina - 1 cup packed

Green Chilli - 5

Cashews - 10 pieces

Method:

Take the ingrediants given for the green masala in a blender and make into a fine puree.

Heat a pot on medium heat. Add oil and heat it up.

Add in cinnamon and cardamom and mix well.

Now add in onions, curry leaves and saute till they turn transparent.

Add in ginger garlic paste and saute it for a min.

Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cook this till they turn mushy.

Add in all the spice powders along with salt and mix well.

Now pour in the ground green masala and cook till oil separates from this.

Add in chicken and toss in the masala.

Cover it with water and bring it to a boil.

Simmer and cover the pan. Cook on a low heat for 25-30 mins or untill the chicken is cooked and oil floats on top.

Switch of the flame and leave it aside for a hour or two so that the flavours gets united.

Serve with rice.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Stuffs you need for the herby masala

Add everything in a blender

and make into a fine puree

Heat oil and add in cardamom and cinnamon

add onions and curry leaves

add in ginger garlic paste as well

throw in tomatoes

and cook everything till they turn mushy

add in all the spice powders and salt

mix well

pour in the herby masala

Cook till oil separates

add in chicken

and toss with the masala

pour water

cover and simmer

till chicken is cooked and oil floats on top

Serve