Onion Chicken

INGREDIENTS:-

Chicken - 2 Kg (cleaned and cut into pieces)
Onions - 4
Green chillies - 5
Red chillies -5
Ginger - 40 gm
Cardamoms - 8
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Cloves - 5
Tomatoes - 6 (blanched and chopped)
Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tablespoon
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Cumin powder - 3 teaspoon
Red chilly powder - 2 teaspoon
Aniseed -  2 teaspoon (coarsely pounded)
Ghee - 2 tablespoon
Oil - 4 tablespoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs
 Water - 400ml
Salt - as per taste
Onions - 4 (sliced and fried till brown)

METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Wash and clean the chicken and cut into pieces of required size.
• Grind together onions, green chillies, red chillies, ginger, cardamoms, cloves and Cinnamon with 250ml of water until it becomes a smooth paste.
• Mix the other spice powders with the blended mixture to form as paste.
• Heat oil and ghee in a pan. Fry the aniseed and curry leaves till fragrant.
• Add the above prepared paste and stir fry over gentle heat until fragrant and oil oozes out.
• Add the tomatoes and saute till gravy is thick
• Add the chicken pieces and water. Stir to coat the chicken with the curry paste.
• Cook over medium heat, covered, stirring occasionally until chicken is tender.
• When gravy is almost thick add in the fried onion slices and cook for about 5 minutes.