Kerala Easy Chicken Fry

Ingredients :

• Chicken- 1 kg
• Onion – 4
• Tomato – ½
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Green chilly – 2
• Curry leaf- 1 strand
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Coriander leaf

For Marination:

• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 ½ tsp
• Chilly powder – 1 tsp
• Pepper powder – ½ tsp
• Chicken masala – 1 tsp
• Yogurt- 2 tsp
• Salt.

1.Heat a pan and add the powders (turmeric powder,coriander powder,chilly powder,pepper powder,chicken masala) given in marination.Saute the powders till the raw smell goes.Add this to the cleaned chicken pieces  and yogurt. Keep this marination for a few hours or atleast half an hour.

2.Heat a pan and add oil.To this, add the sliced onion and saute till it turns golden brown.Chicken fry tastes better when the onion becomes dark brown,.Add ginger-garlic paste,green chilly and tomato pieces to this and mix well.

3.When the tomato is mashed,add the marinated chicken to this.Add some water and cook it covered for half an hour.Saute in between so that all the pieces are cooked well.We need to add only less quantity of water as water will come out of chicken pieces while cooking.

4.Saute well till the chicken gets cooked and becomes dry. Add enough water if needed.Garnish with coriander leaf and serve hot.