Chicken Roast

Ingredients

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• Chicken - 500 gm
• Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Green chilly - 2
• Tomato - 1/2 (chopped) or tomato sauce - 1 tbsp
• Onion - 1/2 (thinly sliced)
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1tbsp
• Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
• Crushed Pepper powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 1  tsp
• Water - 1 cup
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Curry Leaves 

To marinate

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• Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 2tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 1  tsp
• Green chilly - 2
• Onion  - 1 (thinly sliced)
• Salt - To taste
• Curry Leave - a handful

Method

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1. Marinate the chicken pieces with ingredients in "To marinate" section  and keep for at least  2 hours. for best results keep overnight.
2. In a pressure cooker add the marinated chicken pieces  along with 1 cup water and cook for 2 whistles.
3. When the pressure is released , open the cooker and drain the chicken pieces and keep aside.
4. Transfer the gravy obtained in another bowl.
5. In a wide bottomed pan add oil and fry the chicken pieces. Drain and keep aside.
6. In the same pan add  ginger garlic paste and curry leaves and saute for a while.
7. Add sliced onion and  green chilly and saute till onion turns dark brown.
8. Add  turmeric powder, kashmiri chilli powder, pepper powder and garam masala and saute till raw smell disappears.
9. Add chopped tomato and saute till it becomes mushy.
10. Add reserved chicken gravy obtained while cooking the chicken and saute it till it becomes a thick gravy.
11. Add fried chicken pieces .Close the lid and cook till the masala is well coated in the chicken.
12. Last add some more fresh curry leaves and coconut oil.
13. Tastes best with pathiri, appam , chapathi and rice.