chettinad chicken gravy

Grinded paste 1:

• Coconut grated - 2 tbsp
• red chillies - 2
• cinnamon - small piece
• clove - 2
• cardamom -1
•  garlic - 5 cloves
• coriander seeds - 1/2tbsp
• jeera - 1/2 tbsp

Roast all the above and grind to a paste .

Grinded paste 2:

• onion - 1 small one sliced
• tomato - 1/2 tomato sliced
• ginger - little
• coriander leaves - little
• mint leaves - little

 grind all the above to a paste .

other ingredients
 oil - 4tbsp
chicken - 250 gm
haldi powder
chilli powder - as per taste
salt - as per taste

Procedure

• Heat oil in a kadai/ thick bottomed vessel.
• Add grinded paste 2 and fry for some time.
• Add haldi powder and chilli powder.
• Add grinded paste 1 and fry for some time.
• Then add salt.
• Add chicken and fry for 2 min and add water, close the lid,Cook till chicken is cooked.
• Based on the consistency required you can add water.