Simple chicken Kurma

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1/4 kg
Onion - 1 cup
Tomato - 1cup
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup
Sambar masala - 2 tsp
Clove - 2
Cinnamon - 1
curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
Cashew nuts - 4
Salt to taste

Direction :

• Wash chicken and cut them into small pieces.
• Soak poppy seeds for about 15 minutes and blend it with coconut and cashew nuts.
• Heat oil in a pan,add cloves,cinnamon,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add onion and saute well until it turns translucent.
• Now add ginger garlic paste,saute until  raw smell goes.
• Then add tomato and saute until it cooks well.
• Add masala powder and salt and close the lid.
• Keep aside for about 5 minutes.
• Now it looks like a gravy.(check salt and masala)
• Add chicken and coconut paste.
• Close the lid and allow to boil until oil oozes out from the chicken and gravy.
• Now you can serve it for rice,dosai,roti or poori.