Ingredients

• 6-8 - chicken pieces
• 1 cup - grated coconut
• 10 - roasted red chillies
• 2 - onions, 1 small and 1 large
• 2 - tomatoes
• 1 inch - ginger
• 6 flakes - garlic
• 2 - green chillies
• 1/2 bunch - coriander leaves
• 1 inch - cinnamon stick
• 3 - cloves
• Oil for seasoning
• Salt to taste

How to Make Chicken Curry with Cinnamon and Cloves

• Boil the cleaned chicken pieces in a vessel without water.
• Add salt when half done and cook till done.
• Grind together roasted chillies and coconut with required amount of water.
• Halfway through grinding, add small onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies and coriander leaves (all chopped) and grind to make a fine paste.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadai. Add finely chopped large onion and fry till it is brown.
• Add cinnamon and cloves and fry for 2-3 seconds.
• Add ground masala and fry for 5 mins.
• Add chopped tomatoes and fry for a few more seconds.
• Add water and boil the gravy.
• Transfer this to the cooked chicken and heat on a low flame for 5 mins.
• Serve hot with ghee rice.