Chicken bhuna Masala

Place a frying pan & turn on the gas, put 4 green Cardamoms, 1 stick of Cinnamon, 4 Cloves, 4 Dried Red Chilies, 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds, 1 teaspoon Black Peppercorns, 1 teaspoon Coriander (whole) and dry roast over low flame.

Once done, keep the spices aside to cool them down..

Chop 1 inch of Ginger, then put them to a grinder jar, add Garlic cloves and grind down to a paste

Place the Chicken pieces in a bowl, add 1/3 cup Curd, 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder, ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon Cumin powder, 1 tablespoon ginger-Garlic paste, Salt as per taste and then marinate Chicken with all the spices. Set it aside for an hour.

Chop 2 Onions & slit open 2 Green Chilies and keep aside for later

Roughly chop down two Tomatoes and put them in a grinder to make a paste

Finale

Place a Kadai (wok) and turn on the gas. Add Mustard oil & let it heat up. Once the oil turns hot, add 2 Bay leaves.

Add the chopped Onions and sauté for 8 minutes. Then add the roasted spices & mix well.

Add Ginger garlic paste, mix well till the mixture turns light brown.

Now, add the Tomato paste and some salt and mix together.

Cover the Kadai with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, open the lid and add ½ teaspoon Red Chilli powder and Mix well.

Now add the marinated Chicken and coat the Chicken pieces with all the spices. Cover with a lid again and cook for 10 more minutes.

After 10 minutes, flip the Chicken pieces. Then add water for gravy (we used 1/3 cup) and cover the lid to cook for 10 more minutes.

Then add 1 teaspoon Garam Masala powder & add the slit Green Chilies. Mix well & let it cook for 5 minutes

After 5 minutes add chopped Coriander leaves and mix a little. Chicken Bhuna Masala should now be ready.