Chicken Peratal

Ingredients :

1 whole chicken (cut into 16 pieces)

1 tablespoon on ginger paste
1 tablespoon of garlic paste
2 large onion (coarsely grinded)
2 stalks of curry leaves
2 tablespoon of tomato puree
1 large tomato (cut into slices)
some chopped corriander leaves
5 tablespoon of chili powder
1 tablespoon of chicken curry powder
1 teaspoon of fenugreek powder
1 teaspoon of cumin powder
1 tablespoon of corriander powder
1 tablespoon of salt
1/2 cup oil
1 cup of water
3 star aniseed
2 cinnamon sticks
3 cloves
4 cardamom seeds
1 tablespoon of ghee

Method :

Heat oil and ghee in a wok and add cinnamom, cardamom, star aniseed and cloves. Fry till fragrant, then add ginger and garlic paste to it. After about few seconds, add curry leaves, chopped onion and tomato puree and stir well. Add chili powder and the curry powder to this once the onion becomes soggy. Add the chicken, fenugreek powder, cumin powder and corriander powder to this and continue stirring. Next, add water and salt stir it well and bring the flame low. Wait until the chicken is cooked (approximately 10 minutes), u may add in more water if the chicken is too dry. Add the tomato slices and chopped corriander leaves and wait for another 1 minute before dishing it out. Best served with butter rice or ghee rice.

Serving Size : 8 person
Preparation time : 25 minutes