Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken - 500 g - cleaned and cut
  
• Onion - 1 medium sized - finely chopped
  
• Green chili - 2 
  
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  
• Pepper powder - 2 tsp
  
• Salt to taste
  
• Oil - 2 tsp
  

To roast and grind

• Cardamom - 1
  
• Cinnamon - 1/4 inch stick
  
• Cloves - 2
  
• Star anise - 1/4
  
• Small onion - 2
  
• Coconut flakes - 1 tbsp
  
• Kuruma podi - 1 tsp
  
• Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
  
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
  
• Oil - 1 tsp
  

Procedure

1. In a pressure cooker heat oil, add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom powder
2. Then add onion and green chili   
   
3. Saute for 2-3 min or until they become soft
4. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 min
5. Now add salt, turmeric powder and pepper powder and mix well
6. Add the chicken pieces and mix well 
7. Close the pressure cooker and allow it to cook for one whistle
8. In meanwhile, heat a pan with oil and add the ingredients given in "to roast and grind" 
9. Allow it to cool and grind it into smooth paste by adding little water
10. Add the paste to the cooked chicken in the pressure cooker 
11. Mix them well and allow it in low flame for 5 min or until the gravy gets thickened
12. Pepper chicken tastes great with rice, chappathi, pulav