Pepper Chicken Chettinad

To the heated oil, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick and cloves

Saute for a couple of minutes, but make sure you don't burn them. Add the onions next along with the curry leaves, ginger and garlic pastes and the green chillies and continuing cooking until the onions have softened and you get a lovely aroma of all the spices cooking! YUM

Powdered spices go in next: turmeric, coriander and chilli powder. Give it all a good mix and add the diced tomatoes and season with salt

Allow this to cook for about 8mins and then add the chicken pieces

When the chicken is almost fully cooked, add some freshly ground pepper

I served this with some egg biryani. It was absolutely YUMMO!