Chicken in pepper masaala

Ingredients

1. Chicken - 1/2 Kg
2. Onion - 2
3. Tomato - 2
4. Green chilly - 3
5. Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
6. Pepper powder - 4 -5 Tsp
7. Garlic crushed- 1/2 Tsp
8. Ginger crushed - 1/2 tsp
9. Salt - as required
10. Coconut milk(Thick) - 1/4 cup
11. Ghee - 1/2 Tsp
12. Oil - 2 Tbsp
13. Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig
14. Coriander Leaves - 1 Sprig

Preparation

• First marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt. Keep for 1/4 to 1/2 hour.
• Heat oil in a pan, saute sliced onions, cooked till soft and transparent. Add sliced tomatoes and slit green chillies to it. Saute until the moisture is absorbed.
• Cook on low flame, add ginger to it. Saute well till the raw smell goes.
• Now add the marinated chicken pieces to it with 1/2 cup of water to it(Mix water in which the chicken was marinated). Cook closed on slow fire.
• When the chicken pieces are cooked and soft, slowly add the coconut milk to it. ( Do not let it boil.). Mix well.
• Add garlic and ghee to it. 
• Garnish with fresh curry leaves and coriander leaves.

And this recipe was tried by my blogger friend Tanya of Easy and Simple Foods and here is her recipe....