Dry Roast Chicken

This is a regular chicken dish often complimenting with chapati at dinner in my house . My hubby just loves it and my kids give me a wonderful smile whenever they get this on their dish . This recipe has no stone to break but it has just a few small details that enhances the taste . Now lets start with the ingredients .

Ingredients

• 1 kg chicken
• 1 onion fried
• 2 onion sliced 
• 2 tbsp garlic paste
• 2 tbsp ginger paste
• 2 tomatoes 
• 2 tbsp cumin & dry red chilly paste 
• 1 tbsp dry roasted garam mashala 
• 2 tbsp turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp chilly powder
• Salt to taste 
• A bit of sugar 
• 4 tbsp Mustard Oil 

                                         Take a thick bottom pan, heat  the oil and add the garlic paste . Once the garlic turns to a light brown color add the onion .Let the onion turn light brown . Now add turmeric & chilly powder followed by the chicken & cook for a while . After that add 2 whole tomatoes and the and the cumin & red chilly paste .Don't pop the tomatoes because the juice of tomatoes prevents the chicken from getting cooked . Now add the roasted garam mashala powder (cumin , coriander, green cardamom , cinnamon & cloves dry roasted and powdered ) .Stir a little and add the ginger pastes followed bu the salt . This will help the chicken to leave water & prevent the ginger to get burned . Here I would like to mention that if you saute ginger for a little longer the dish may taste bitter . Put on the lid and let the chicken cook in a very low flame . After five minutes remove the lid and you will see the chicken has removed lots of water in the dish, stir a little and add a bit of water now pop the tomatoes and stir a little more. Now add half the fried onions & cover the pan & cook the chicken until the gets cooked . Once the chicken is cooked reduce the consistency of the gravy by turning the heat on high flames . You will see after a while the mashala & and oil will start getting separated. Here you will come to know the dish is done now add the chopped coriander ans give it a stir . Remove the pan from the heat & serve the dish in a serving bowl . Garnish with the remaining fried onion & serve hot with chapattis .