Kadai Chicken

Ingredients

½ kg Chicken
1 onion Big -finely chopped
1 big green capsicum- chopped into bite sized pieces

1 ½ tsp -Ginger garlic paste

½ tsp- Chilli powder ( Kashmiri chilli powder used by me )

One pinch-Turmeric powder

1 small lime: Juice squeezed out

2 tomatoes: pureed.
Tomatoes - 2 big or pureed

 1bunch- Coriander chopped finely.

Salt to taste.

1 tbsp- Oil

1 Bay Leaf

2-3 cloves

2 cardamoms

Roast and grind:

2 tsp: coriander seeds

1tsp- Black peppercorn

½ tsp- Jeera

2-3 dry red chillies

½” cinnamon

METHOD:

Heat oil in a pan, drop capsicum pieces and sauté until they turn crispy, then set it aside.It should remain green. To the clean chicken, add half the roasted ground masala, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder,salt, lime juice, and turmeric powder and let it marinate for about 45 minutes. Heat oil in a pan, add, Bay Leaf, cloves and cardamoms, then add ginger garlic paste, one’s it turns brown add the tomato puree and the remaining roasted ground masala. Mix it well and let it cook till the raw smell disappears. Add more salt if required, at this point. Add the marinated chicken and sauté till it turns pink, add about half cup of water and cook the chicken ( you can pressure cook as well)One’s the chicken is cooked and the oil surfaces, add capsicum and give a stir. Let it cook for about 2-3 minutes. Take it off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander. You can add