Chettinad chicken fry.

Ingredients:Chicken – 750 gms Grind: Garlic – 4 pods Ginger – 1 inch Fennel – 1 Tbsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Coriander powder – 1tsp Chilli powder – 1 Tbsp Pepper – 1 Tbsp Lemon juice – 1 Tbsp Yogurt – 1 Tbsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Salt as required Frying 1: Onion - 1 chopped Tomato – 1 chopped Ginger-Garlic paste – 1½ Tbsp Frying 2: Onion – ½ sliced Curry leaves – 1 twig Red chillies – 3 Pepper powder – 1 tsp Method:Grind together all the ingredients under ‘Grind’ to a paste. Marinate the chicken with this paste for a couple of hours. Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions. When the onions are soft add the ginger-garlic paste and then the tomatoes. Fry until the tomatoes are soft and the oil comes out. To this add the chicken with very little water and cook until done and the water is evaporated. In another pan heat some oil and fry the red chillies, curry leaves and the sliced onions. When almost done add the pepper powder to the onion and mix it well. Add the fried onion to the cooked chicken and give it a stir. Vola there you have a lip smacking chicken dish. it does not take a lot of time to make this.