Pepper chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1/2 kg
Onion - 1 cup
Tomato - 2 cups
Chili powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
crushed pepper - 2 tsp
Clove - 2
cinnamon - 2
Black cardamom - 1
Mustard seeds

Direction:

• Marinate chicken with chili powder,turmeric powder and salt for half an hour.
• Heat oil in a pan,add clove,cinnamon,black cardamom,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add onion and saute well till they turn to brown color.
• Add tomato and immediately add all powders.
• Close the lid and let it till oil oozes out from tomato.
• Now add marinated chicken and do not add water.
• Saute chicken gravy now and then.
• Let it cook for 20 minutes.
• Finally add crushed pepper.
• It goes well with rice,briyani,pulao and parotta...