Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Chettinad Pepper Chicken.

You can have Chettinad Pepper Chicken using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chettinad Pepper Chicken

1. Prepare 500 gms of chicken on bones cut into medium pieces.
2. Prepare 2-3 tbsp. of oil.
3. You need 1" of cinnamon stick.
4. It's 2-3 of green cardamoms.
5. It's 5-6 of cloves.
6. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
7. Prepare 3 of onions chopped.
8. You need 1-2 sprigs of curry leaves.
9. Prepare 2 of green chilies slit.
10. Prepare 2 tbsp. of garlic-ginger paste.
11. It's 1 of tomato chopped.
12. You need 1 tsp. of turmeric powder.
13. It's 2 tbsp. of coriander powder.
14. You need 1 tbsp. of cumin powder.
15. You need 1 tbsp. of garam masala powder.
16. Prepare to taste of salt.
17. It's 2 tbsp. of pepper powder, coarsely ground.
18. You need 1/2 of juice of lime.
19. It's handful of coriander leaves chopped.
20. It's 1 tbsp. of butter.

Chettinad Pepper Chicken instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan and temper with bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves. Saute for a few seconds. Add the onion, curry leaves and green chilies. Fry till light brown..
2. Add the tomatoes and fry till it is mashed..
3. Add the ginger-garlic paste & all dry spices mixed with a little water. Fry till oil separates..
4. Add the chicken and mix well. Cover and cook on a low flame for 15-20 minutes or till done..
5. Add the pepper powder, coriander leaves, lime juice and the butter. Mix well..
6. Serve with either jeera rice, plain Biryani, naan, tandoori roti or just plain chapatti..