Chettinad Chicken Curry. -

Ingredients

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Coconut Oil – as required
• Onion – savala- 2 medium sized
• Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
• Tomato – 3 medium sized
• Salt – as needed
• Coconut – 1 ½ cup
• Red Chillies – 3
• Cinnamon / Karugapatta – 1″ piece.
• Cloves / Grambu– 5
• Cardamom / Elakka– 5
• Fennel Seeds / Perunjeerakam – 2 tsp.
• Cumin Seeds / Jeera – 2 tsp.
• Bay Leaves / Karuva Ila– 2 small
• Poppy Seeds / Khashakhasha – 1 tbsp.
• Garlic Pods – 7
• Ginger – 1″ piece
• Lemon Juice – ½ of a lemon
• Red Chilly Powder – 1 ½ tbsp.
• Coriander Powder – 2 tbsp.
• Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp.
• Coriander leaves –handful