Chicken in Brown gravy

Ingredients

• 750gms Chicken (Curry Cut Pieces)
• 200gms onions (sliced and fried till golden brown)
• 20gms of cashew, poppy seeds and charmagoj.(paste)
• 100ml tomato puree
• 50gms ginger and garlic paste
• 2tsp Corriander and Jeera powder
• 1tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 50gms plain yogurt
• 50ml cream
• 2gms Whole garam masala
• Salt
• Oil

Preparation

• 1. Wash the chicken and allow the excess water to drain out.

• 2. Peel, slice and fry onions till golden brown after which is ground into a fine paste and keep aside.

• 3. Soak the cashew, poppy seed and charmagoj in water and grind into a fine paste and keep aside.

• 4. whip the cream and yogurt together and keep aside

• 5. Heat oil in vessel and put in whole garam masala, when the garam masala starts crackling add the ginger and garlic paste and fry on a low fire, till the raw aroma of the ingredients fades away.

• 6. now add the brown onion paste and saute till you see the oils leaving the sides of the vessel.

• 7. Add the corriander, jeera, chilli, and tumeric powder and cook well.

• 8. Tip in the Tomato puree and stir well.

• 9. Add the chicken pieces and 'bhuno' on a low flame till all the water from the chicken comes out.

• 10. once the chicken is cooked add the yogury mixture and salt to taste and mix well so that all the spices are infused thoroughly.

• 11. Serve hot with steamed rice or tandoori roti/naan.