Pepper Chicken

Pepper Chicken

This one is a favorite dish at home, everyone enjoys Pepper chicken.This goes well with Dosai, Kal Dosai, Pulav,Naan,and Roti.I love to have this with Rasam , this will be a treat to your taste buds.I am presenting this recipe to Rendez Vous with a Foodie hosted by Priya.

Ingredients

1.Chicken- 500 grams (cleaned)
2.Oil- as per need
3.Mustard seeds- 1/2 tbsp
4.Bay Leaf-1
5.Cardamom-2
6.Cinnamon- 2-3 sticks
7.Cloves-5
8.Fennel seeds-1/2 tbsp
9.Curry leaves( washed)
10.Onion- 2(large finely chopped)
11.Tomato-2(medium sized finely chopped)
12.Ginger Garlic Paste- 2 tbsp
13.Chilly Powder-
14.Coriander Powder
15.Turmeric Powder
16.Garam Masala powder
17.Salt as per need
18.Pepper- 2 tbsp (crushed)
19.Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

In a large pan add oil and once the oil is hot enough add  mustard seed.
Once you see the mustard seeds splutter, add from ingredient no.4 to no.9, followed by onion and saute well.Add ginger garlic paste and saute until you get a nice aroma, (at this moment there should be absolutely no raw smell of the onion or the ginger garlic paste).

Now add the washed chicken and mix well , followed by all the ingredients starting from ingredient no.13-no.17 and mix well. Add tomatoes and mix well,cover the pan and allow it to cook.Once cooked, leave the pan opened, add crushed pepper mix well and allow the content to stay on the stove in less than medium flame for about 5-10 minutes.Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with white rice.