Pepper chicken

Ingredients:-
1. Chicken – 1 kg

Second ingredients:
2. Shallots – 10
    Garlic – 10 cloves
    Ginger – 1 inch piece
    Green chillies – 2 nos

Third ingredients:  
3. Peppercorns – 11/2 tbsp
    Fennel seeds (perinjeerakam) – 1 tsp
    Cloves – 6 nos
    Cinnamon – 1 stick

4. Salt as required
    Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
 
5. Oil as required
   
6. Onion sliced – 2 medium sized
     Curry leaves – a handful

7. Tomato – 1 no: (cut into 4)

Directions:-
Clean and cut the chicken into pieces. Grind the second ingredients. Now grind the third ingredients coarsely. Marinate the chicken with the ground second ingredients, ground third ingredients, salt, and turmeric powder for 1-2 hours.

Heat oil in a wok, saute sliced onions.

Step 1: When the onion turns brown in colour, add curry leaves, and keep aside.

Step 2: Fry the chicken till light brown in the same oil and keep aside. If needed add more oil.

Step 3: Now add tomato to whatever masala is left from chicken and saute well.

Pressure cook all the ingredients from step 1, step 2, and step 3 till one whistle ( dont over cook just 1 whisle). Serve hot.

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