Chicken curry

Ingredients

Chicken – 500 g ( medium size pieces , without skin, marinate chicken pieces with ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon turmeric powder for 1 hour )
Onion ( finely sliced ) – 2
Tomato ( roughly or finely chopped ) - 1
Ginger -1 – inch piece ( chopped )
Garlic – 10 cloves ( chopped )
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Cooking oil – 2 teaspoon
Water – 1 cup
Salt to taste

You need only 4 spice powders

Chilli powder – ½ teaspoon
Turmeric powder -1/4 teaspoon
Pepper powder – ½ teaspoon
Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
Dilute above spice powders with 1 tablespoon of water and keep aside.

Method

Heat oil in a kadai. Add finely sliced onions and garlic and fry on a slow flame till light brown colour. Add chopped tomato and sauté well. Add ginger and curry leaves. Fry for 5 minutes. Add diluted spice powder. Saute well for 5- 8 minutes on a low flame. Add chicken pieces, salt to taste and 1 cup of water. Cover with a lid. Cook on a slow flame for 25 – 30 minutes. Gravy of this chicken curry is very delicious ( because it’s not spicy & cooked in 2 teaspoons of oil ) and it goes well with chapati / pulao/ rice / whole wheat bread.