Chicken Roast

Chicken roast is a good combination with chappathi and appam……….this is a simple chicken roast………I like any dish of chicken.When I was kid I liked only chicken in meat……….when grown up only I used to taste mutton and beef…..actually those who know me used to make fun of me because of ur chicken love only the dish chicken fajitha must have come………may be na hehehe!!!!!!!!!!
My kids too the same now……..like mom like kids……..now we’ll go to the recipe……

Ingredients:

1kg Chicken
4 Large onions
1 Large tomato
5 Cloves galic
1 Medium piece ginger
1tsp Coriander powder
2tsp Kashmiri chilly powder
½ tsp Turmeric powder
1tsp Garam masala powder
3 cloves
3 Pods cardamom
1 Small piece cinnamon stick

Water
Oil
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves

Method:

1.Marinate the chicken with kashmiri chilly powder ,turmeric powder and salt.
2.Keep this for 1 hr or more.
3.Heat oil in a pan.Add the cloves,cardamoms and cinncmon stick.
4.When the spices are roasted add the onions and sauté till light brown.Add curry leaves.
5.Now add the crushed ginger and garlic.Saute well.
6.When the raw smell of the ginger and garlic is gone add the coriander powder and garam masala powder.Saute well.
7.Now add the chopped tomatoes and sauté well.
8.When the tomatoes are soft add the marinated chicken and mix well with the masala.
9.Close the lid and cook in low flame.
10.If the mixture is catching the pan u can add a little water.
11.Cook till the chicken is done.
12.If more water is there evapourate it in high flame till the chicken is raosted.
13.Serve with chappathi,puri,parotta,appam or even plain rice.

This recipe goes to ayeesha's event Iftar moments:hijri 1431