HYDERABAD CHICKEN

Ingredients:

Chicken pieces- 1 kilo
Finely chopped tomatoes- 2 cups
Onion-2
Ghee- 2 tbsp
Red chillies-10
Poppy seeds- 2 tsp
Fennel seeds-1 tsp
Curry eaves- 1 arc
Cinnamon- 1 piece
Cardamom-3
Shredded coconut- 2 cups
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Enough salt

Procedure:

Grill the onions and remove the skins. Fry all the spices and the coconut in ghee to a golden brown colour and then grind them with the onions to a fine paste. Cook the chicken pieces with the tomatoes, turmeric powder, 1 cup of water and enough salt. When the chicken pieces are half cooked, add the ground paste and cook the chicken until they are fully cooked and the gravy is thickened.