Kerala style pepper chicken masala recipe

Ingredients

• Chicken -1kg
• garlic -12 nos
• Ginger-2 nos
• Onion-4nos
• Tomato-4 nos
• Dry chilli-2 0r 3 nos
• Black pepper-2 tsp
• Fennel seed-2 tsp
• Cumin seeds-1 tsp
• Coriander seed-2 tsp
• Cinnamon-1 nos
• Cardamom-2 to 3 nos
• Cloves-3 nos
• Mace -jathi pathri-1 or 2
• Salt-2 or 3 tsp
• Oil- 3to4 tsp

Methods

• Firstly wash the chicken thoroughly then remove the excess water and transfer to
  another plate.
• Heat a pan and add oil. add dry red chilli, black pepper ,fennel seeds ,cumin seeds
  ,coriander seeds and fried well then to make powder and also to make ginger-garlic
  paste.
• Heat coconut oil in a pan add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and mace-jathi pathri .
• Then add chopped onion ,ginger-garlic paste and curry leaves ,fry till the raw smell
  of ginger-garlic disappears.
• Add chopped tomatoes ,saute till they become soften.
• Then add fresh chicken pieces and mixed well
• Add salt ,turmeric powder, garam masala, grind masala powder(dry chilli,black
  pepper,fennel seeds, cumin seeds and coriander seeds) and mix them well.
• Add enough water then close the pan and cooked well
• Then open the lid ,saute and fried them well
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Serve the tasty pepper chicken masala with appam or rice.