Kadai chicken

Kadai Chicken

Ingredients

chicken 1 kg
2 onions thinly sliced
2 tomatoes chopped
1/2  tbsp ginger paste
1/2 tbsp garlic paste
1 green chilli
1 tsp cumin seeds crushed
1 bay leaf
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilly powder
2 tsp coriander seeds crushed
Ginger strips to garnish 2 tbsp
For marinate
1 onion thinly sliced and fried .
1/2 tbsp ginger paste
1/2 tbsp garlic paste
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp turmeric
Salt to taste

Method

Wash and pat dry the chicken.
Mix all the ingredients for marinate and keep aside.
Rub masala in chicken well and refrigerate for one hour
Heat oil in the thick kadai.
Add cumin seeds and bay leaf.
Once it starts to splutter add the sliced onion.
Cook the onion till it is pinkish.
Add the ginger and garlic paste and then turmeric, red chilly powder, crushed coriander seeds and garam masala.
Next add tomatoes.
Cook this till the tomatoes get mashed
Add in the chicken and mix well.
Cover with lid and let the chicken cook for 20 minutes at low heat in its own juices.
Cook  till the chicken is cooked through. Garnish with ginger and green chilli strips.