Kerala Chicken Masala Recipe

• 4 Tomatoes (finely chopped)
• 1 whole Chicken (chopped)
• 10 Red Chilies (finely grinned)
• ½ tsp Pepper Powder
• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
• ½ tsp Fennel Seeds (finely grinned)
• 2 tsp Ginger Paste
• 50 gm Garlic Paste
• 5 Cloves (crushed)
• 1 Cinnamon Stick (crushed)
• 100 gm Shallot (chopped in cube)
• 5 Green Chilies (slit in the middle)
• 1 strand Curry Leaves
• Oil
• Salt to taste

• Take a heavy bottom saucepan and place it at a medium heat then pour oil into it.
• Add the green chilies and fry it for a minute.
• To it now add turmeric, fennel, red chili, cloves, ginger, garlic and cinnamon.
• Stir fry for five minutes or when it smells aromatic.
• Mix the shallot and stir for three minutes then add the tomatoes with salt.
• For seven minutes stir it fry then add the chicken pieces.
• Pour water after stirring it for ten minutes then lower the flame and tight seal the saucepan.
• Fifteen minutes later open the lid and stir the chicken then cover it for another ten minutes or when it is tender.
• Turn off the flame when the meat is cooked and appears dry.