Ingredients

• Chicken - 1kg
• Curd/ yoghurt - 1 cup
• Turmeric - 1 tbsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Oil - 5 tbsp
• Onion - 1
• Lemon - 1 (or) Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp
• Cardamom - 5
• Cinnamon - 1
• Cloves - 5
• Chilli - 7
• Garlic - 1
• Ginger - 1 tsp
• Pepper (black) - 8
• Fenugreek - 1 tsp
• Poppy seed - 1 tsp

How to Make Chettinad Chicken Masala

• Cut and clean the chicken into big pieces. Then add salt and turmeric powder, and marinate (soak) it in curd for 1 hour.
• In a dry pan, fry cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, chilli, garlic, ginger, pepper, fenugreek, and poppy seeds.
• Grind them in a mixer (using water, optional) and keep aside.
• Now in a pan, heat oil and fry the chopped onions.
• Then add the ground mix and fry it for a few minutes.
• Add the marinated chicken and cook well.
• Once the chicken is cooked, add lemon juice.
• Allow the water to evaporate by keeping it on low flame.
• The saturated fat of the chicken will float as oil on top. Serve hot.