Chicken Masala

Chicken Masala is an Indian cuisine,but as a Sri Lankan,I like the spicy taste.This is bit spicy ,but matching with rice & curry or with any kind of roti/paratha.

Even the recipe is spicy,you can adjust salt,spices & chilli as per your taste.

Ingredients:

Chicken pieces - 1 kg (clean & washed,cut into pieces)
Tomato (chopped) - 3
Pepper - ½ tsp
Fennel seeds - ½ tsp
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Red Chilly - 10 or about 2-3 tbs chilli powder
Ginger - 1 piece
Garlic - 2 bulbs
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon - 1 piece
Sliced onion - 1 cup
Vegetable/coconut oil - ½ cup
Salt, Curry leaves - As required 


Method

Grind pepper, fennel seeds, turmeric powder, red chilly, ginger, garlic, cloves, and cinnamon.into a paste.
Heat oil in a pan.
Sauté onion until it turns lightly brown.
Add the grinded mixture ,curry leaves & tomato and mix well untill the tomatoes are half done.
Then add chicken pieces and pinch of salt.
Add some water and allow cooking for 20-30 minutes or till the chicken is done.
Then cook on a low flame and make it dry gravy.
Adjust salt to taste.