Hyderabadi Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken – 1 kg

Ginger – 1 tbl.sp

Garlic – 1 tbl.sp

Yoghurt – 250 gm

Onion – 2 medium size onions

Raw papaya – 100 gm

Roasted peanuts  powder– 1 tbl.sp

Freshly grated coconut – 2 tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Green chilli paste and salt as per taste

Make a powder of

Cloves – 3

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cardamom – 2

Black cardamom – 1

Star aniseed – 1

Bay leaf – 2

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Coriander seed – 1 tbl.sp

Method

First clean and cut the chicken pieces into medium pieces .

Make a paste of raw papaya

Dry roast whole garam masala and blend it to a fine powder

Apply this raw papaya paste on the chicken and leave it aside for half an hour.

Fry onion in oil  till golden brown in colour and then add this chicken into it and stir fry this on a low flame.

Now add ginger garlic paste, yoghurt, turmeric powder, garam masala, green chilli paste, pepper powder, roasted peanut powder and salt and stir fry till oil separates from the masala. Add little water and leave it to cook till the chicken becomes tender.

When done, remove from fire, add freshly grated coconut and lemon juice and serve hot.