Chettinad Chicken Gravy

This chicken gravy is a real spicy one..I'm not sure on the authenticity of this recipe as I prepare fresh masala for this gravy I call it Chettinad Chicken Gravy. It was one of his birthday party dish and was served with rice and paratha. I love this dish a lot and prefer it for Sunday afternoon..Good spicy lunch, while watching a movie, sleeping for a while..wow...Sundays are real special except the fact it is followed by Monday...

Chettinad Chicken Gravy is a great side dish for rice and tiffin items. It is cooked with wonderful spices, onion and tomatoes.

This Spicy Gravy  is cooked with the flavorful seed - Coriander and it is sent to the
Cooking with Seeds - Coriander Seeds event hosted at Food for seven stages of life and started by Priya


Ingredients
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Chicken - 1.5 lb
Onions - 2 Nos
Tomato - 2 Nos
Ginger Garlic paste - 4 tsp
Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
Green Chilly - 2 nos
Coriander and Curry Leaves
Grated Coconut - 2 tsps
Cashew - 4 nos
Salt - for taste
Oil - 3 tsp

For Powder
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Cinnamon - 1 piece
Cardamom - 2 Nos
Cloves - 3 Nos
Poppy Seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
Grated Coconut - 2 tsps
Red Chilly - 6 nos

Method
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Wash and cut chicken to medium size pieces.

Heat pan and dry roast the ingredients mentioned for powder in a medium flame and allow it to cool.

Grind roasted ingredients into a coarse powder.

Heat pan add oil and fry onions until it turns translucent, add curry leaves.

Add ginger garlic paste and split green chillies and saute in low flame.

Add tomatoes,salt followed by the ground powder and saute well until oil separates.

Sprinkle little water to the masala so that it is cooked well.

Add chicken and mix well. Roast the chicken in the masala for few min in medium flame.

Add water until desired consistency and allow it to cook in a closed state for 8 mins.

Grind coconut, cashew to a paste.

Remove lid and add the coconut, cashew paste and cook for 5 min.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with hot rice/rotis.