Pepper Chicken....

This is one of the easy Chicken curry any one can try...Especially Bachelor's...and for the starters

Ingredients

1. Chicken - 1 kg (cut into medium pieces)
2. Pepper powder - 2 Tbsp
3. Salt - 1 Tsp
4. Lime juice - 1 Tbsp
5. Oinion - 2 Medium
6. Oil - 2 Tbsp
7. Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp
8. Fennel seeds (perumjeeerakam) - 1 Tsp
9. Onion  - 2 Medium
10. Ginger paste - 1 Tbsp
11. Garlic paste - 1 Tbsp
12. Green Chilly - 4
13. Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
14. Crushed Pepper powder - 2 - 3 Tbsp
15. Tomato - 1
16. Ghee - 1 Tbsp
17. Curry leaves - 2 Sprigs
18. Coriander Leaves - 2 Sprigs
19. Salt

Preparation

• Wash and clean chicken pieces and marinate with pepper powder,salt and lime juice for half hour minimum.
• Pressure cook chicken with the marinade and onion. Keep aside.
• In a kadai or deep pan , heat oil, splutter mustard seeds and fennel seeds. add finely chopped onions. Fry till it is nicely brown. Add ginger and garlic paste. Also add chopped green chilly. Saute well until it leaves the raw smell. Add turmeric powder.mix well.
• Add 1 tbsp ghee to it, and transfer the cook chicken to it. Also add tomato chopped and mix well with the masala. Let it boil on low flame.
• When it boils, check salt,add Crushed pepper powder, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Cook closed for 5 minutes.
• Serve hot with any item be it rice, chappathi or any roti.