Pepper Chicken

Ingredients 

1. Chicken pieces - 1/2 kg
2. Onion Shallots- 20 Nos
3. Tomato-2 Nos
4. Cloves- 5 No
5. Cardamon- 3 No
6. Ginger chopped- 2 tbsp
7. Garlic- 6 pods
8. Red Chilly- 2 Nos
9. Garam Masala- 1 tsp
10. Kashmiri chilly- 1/2 tsp
11. Pepper Powder- 1 tbsp
12. Salt as required
13. Oil as required - 4 tbsp
14. Coriander Leaves 
15. Onion -1 No cut into rings for garnishing.

For marination

1. Chilly Powder -  1tsp
2. Turmeric Powder- 1/4 tsp
3. Salt as required 
4. Lime Juice few drops

How to Cook

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with ingredients for marination . Keep it overnight 
2. Keep the marinated chicken pieces outside 2 hours before you plan to cook your curry.
3. Grind the tomatoes , ginger ,garlic , redchilly and onion shallots to a fine paste.
4. Pour oil to the pan and when it is hot , add the grinded paste . 
5. Cook till the oil start to leave the sides of the pan.
6. Add the Garama Masala , KashmiriChilly Powder, Turmeric Powder. Saute for 2  minutes.
7. Add the marinated chicken pieces and mix it well .
8. Close the pan and cook for approximately 15 minutes. Keep checking in between .
9. Also make sure you saute and avoid the chicken pieces from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
10. Now add 1/4 cup water and cook for 10 minutes till the chicken is well cooked.
11. Now when the chicken is cooked , add the pepper ( oil if required ) and saute for 5 minutes.  
12. Now you will see the gravy  starting  to thicken and will be  dark brown in colour.
13. Garnish with coriander leaves.