Easy chicken curry recipe

INGREDIENTS:

1. Chicken - 1 kilogram
2. Shallot (sambar onion) - 1/2 kilogram
3. Ginger - 1 inch
4. Garlic - 3 cloves
5. Chicken masala powder - 4 tablespoon (tbsp.)
6. Coconut - 1/2
7. Curry leaf -12
8. Coriander leaf - handful
9. Oil - 4 tablespoon (tbsp.)
10. Mustard seed - 1/2 teaspoon (tsp.)
11. Salt - as needed.

PREPARATION:

1. Keep aside 5 shallot (sambar onion) and chop them.
2. Keep aside few curry leaves for tempering.
3. In a pan heat 2 tablespoon (tbsp.) of oil. Add rest of the shallot (sambar onion) once its cooked half way through, add ginger, garlic, rest of the curry leaf and sauté for 3 minutes. Cool this down and grind to fine thick paste by adding coconut, chicken masala powder.
4. In a pan heat rest of the oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaf for tempering, chopped shallot (sambar onion), sauté until the shallot turns translucent (golden brown).
5. Now add the chicken and cook until chicken is half cooked.
6. Now add ground paste, salt to taste, water as needed to your preference and bring to boil.
7. Cook this until chicken is cooked and curry reached your right consistency.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

NOTES:

1. Goes well with idli, dosai, plain rice, chapati.