Pepper Chicken

This pepper chicken is less spicy. Only peppercorns paste is added for spice in the chicken. I use to give this to my son.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb Chicken(cut into medium size pieces)
• 2 Onion (medium size)
• 2 Tomato
• 1 tsp Ginger-garlic Paste
• 1/2 tsp Fennel
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 1/2 tbsp Poppy seeds(soaked in hot water for 10 minutes and finely pasted)
• 2 Cinnamon(medium size)
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• 4 Cloves
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2 tbsp Curd(optional)
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Peppercorn
• Oil
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt for taste

Instructions

• Marinate the chicken with ginger-garlic paste, poppy seeds paste, turmeric powder,garam masala and salt.
• Preheat the oil in a pan and splutter fennel seeds, Cinnamon, Cloves and bay leaves.
• Then, add the chopped onion and fry till golden brown and add chopped tomato now and cook the tomato till the oil comes separate from onion and tomato.
• And now, add the marinated chicken,1/2 cup water and cook it for 15 to 20 minutes in medium heat.

• Fry the cumin seeds, peppercorns and curd and grind them. Add this paste to the chicken gravy.
• Garnish the chicken with the coriander leaves and keep the flame in low heat and close the pan for 5 minutes till the oil comes separate from the chicken.
• Serve the chicken with Rice, Roti, Puri and Paratha.