Chicken Masala (Tarkari)

Ingredients

500 gms Chicken Pieces
300 gms Tomato Chopped
300 gms Onions Chopped
1 tsp Haldi
2 tsp Red Chilli Powder (Mild)
1 tsp Chilli Powder (Spicy)
2 tsp Dhania Powder
1 tsp Jeera
1 tsp Jeera Powder
1 tblsp G/G/GC Paste
4-5 nos. Green Elaichi
2 Tej Patta
1 Cinnamon Stick
3 tblsp Oil
2 Nos. Large Potatoes Chopped and fried (Optional)
Lemon Juice for Taste
Salt to Taste
Fresh HD/PHD chopped

Method

Wash and drain chicken thoroughly and add G/G/GC paste, salt as per taste, 1 tblsp oil and keep it aside. Take a sauce pan and heat oil on medium high heat. Add jeera, once it crackles, add chopped onions and saute until light golden brown.
Once the onions start browning, add tej patta and rest of the masalas, except dhania powder. Saute thoroughly mixing all the masalas evenly. Add chopped tomatoes and stir well. Cover and cook the mix for 2 minutes.
Uncover the pan and add marinated chicken and mix well. Keep stirring the chicken with the mixture slowly but evenly until the chicken is 50% cooked in the masala. Add 2 to 3 cups of water, cleaning the sides of the pan and stirring the stew. Simmer the heat and let the chicken cook up to 90% uncovered or half covered.
Stir in dhania powder, fried potatoes, some lemon juice, adjust salt as per taste and...

GarNICHE with Freshly Chopped Hara Dhania/Phudina and enjoy with Jeera Rice.