Pepper Chicken Masala

 

Recipe sourced: coffeewithanu.wordpress.com
Ingredients:-
750g chicken, cut into small pieces
1 medium tomatoes, ground
2-3 tbsp crushed black peppercorns
1 small piece of cinnamon
3 cloves
2 sprig curry leaves
handful of chopped coriander leaves
Oil
Salt, water

For the Spice Paste:
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
1 piece of 2" ginger
6 cloves of big garlic
1 tsp chilly kashmiri powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tbsp black peppercorns

Method:

Grind the ingredients mentioned in spice paste to a smooth paste.

Marinate chicken pieces with this masala and salt for one hour.

Pressure cook or cook the marinated chicken adding little water till half cook.  In a pressure cooker 2 whistles will do. (I didn't follows this step, i just covered with lid by adding little water till half cook).

If chicken still have gravy left, you have to coo and make it dry.  Keep it aside.

Now heat oil in a kadai and splutter cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves, Add 2 tbsp crushed pepper (as per your spice tolerance) to this and saute till the roasted masala smell begin to hit you.

Add ground tomatoes to this and roast till the water evaporates and oil clears on top.

Add the masala wrapped chicken to this and slow roast till cooked and the colour turn dark.

Serve with chapathi, roti, rice or appam.