Chicken Tikka Madras Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cloves
• 2 cardamom pods
• 1 small stick of cassia bark (cinnamon stick is suitable too)
• 1 tbsp ginger paste
• 1 tbsp garlic paste
• 2 onions - chopped
• 1 1/2 tbsp cumin
• 1 1/2 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder (normal chilli powder is okay but will add more heat)
• 1 1/2 tbsp garam masala
• 1 tbsp madras curry powder
• ½ tsp paprika powder
• 4-6 green chillies - sliced (add more of less for desired heat)
• 300 g vine ripened tomatoes - blended (canned tomatoes are okay)
• 250 ml chicken stock
• 1 tsp kasuri methi ((dried fenugreek leaves))
• 3 tbsp freshly chopped coriander