Chicken Kadai

There are many ways to prepare this dish. It is a mild dish and can be had with rice or bread.

Ingredients

1- Chicken – 1 kg
2-  Oil- 2 tablespoons
3- Garlic paste- 3-1/2 teaspoons
4- Whole red Kashmiri chillies - 8 or 1 tspn chilli powder
5- Coriander seeds- 1 tablespoon pr 1-1/2 tablespoons of coriander powder
6- Tomatoes chopped- 1 kg
7- Green chillies slit- 4
8- Ginger chopped- 1/4 cup or 2 tspn ginger paste
9- Coriander leaves- 1/2 cup
10- Garam masala powder- 2 teaspoons
11- Kasoori methi- 1 teaspoon
12 - Salt to taste
13- Onion diced- 1 
14- Capsicum diced (Optional) - 1

Method

Pound red chillies, coriander seeds and keep aside. Heat a teaspoon of oil and saute the onions and capsicum till translucent. Keep aside.
Heat oil and add garlic paste and saute over medium heat till light brown. To this add pounded spices and stir for 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil. Add green chillies, ginger paste and 1/3rd of coriander leaves. Reduce the heat and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Add the chicken and let it cook, stirring occassionally till the fat leaves the masala. When the chicken is done, add the sauteed onions and capsicum along with garam masala powder and kasoori methi. Stir well and let it cook for 2 minutes. Switch off the heat and transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with remaining coriander leaves