Travancore Chicken Masala

 
Ingredients
Chicken -2 pounds(cut into pieces)
Onions -3 nos(slice very thin)
Shallots(Kunjulli)-6 nos
Ginger -2 inches(minced)
Garlic -6 cloves(minced)
Tomato-2 (chopped)
Curry leaves -6-7nos
corriander leaves reqd
salt as reqd,Oil as reqd
Chicken masala(Eastern)-3 tbsp
Cloves-3,Cardomom-3 Star anise-1 bayleaf-1 cinnamon-1 small stick
fennel seeds-1/2 tsp

Method of preperation
1.Marinate the chicken pieces with 1 tbsp of Chicken masala ,little salt, 1 tsp vinegar and keep for 1 hr.
2.Shallow fry marinated chicken pieces and remove from oil
3.Saute Onions,shallots ,Ginger,garlic ,curry leaves ,Clove,Cardomom, Star anise,bayleaf, cinnamon,fennel seeds all together .Sautee until Onion becomes brown.
4.First mix the chicken masala with little bit of water .
5.then again  Sautee Chicken masala with the Onion mix .Keep doing that until masala and oil seperates.
6.add tomato and coriander leaves into the masala.Mix well
7.Add shallow fried Chicken pieces and salt needed then cover the Pan and cook .

Don't add too much water .Gravy must  stick with chicken pieces (not  curry)

8.Garnish with coriander leaves .