Achari Chicken - Curry with pickling spices - Belly On My Mind

Ingredients

• 650 gms chicken thighs (skinless, boneless, cut into bite sizes)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil or mustard oil
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Nigella seeds or onion seeds
• 4-5 dried whole red chillies
• 1/2 inch Ginger (peeled and grated)
• 6-7 pods garlic (peeled and grated)
• 2 medium red onions (finely sliced)
• 1 tbsp tomato puree (Use 2 tomatoes blender if you don’t have puree)
• 2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 100 gm yogurt (lightly beaten to smooth)
• 100 ml water
• 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice
• Salt to taste
• coriander leaves (cleaned, washed and finely chopped)