Naatu kodi vepudu (or) Country chicken fry

Preparation time : one hour
Serves : 4

Ingredients :

Naatu kodi or Country chicken : 1 kg
Cloves : 3
Green Cardamom : 2
Cinnamon stick : 2"
Onion : 1 medium sized ( approx 1 cup chopped onion)
Green chili : 3
Curry leaves : one spring
Ginger garlic paste : 1 Tbsp
Tomato : 1/2 ( 1/3 cup chopped )
Poppy seeds : 1 1/2 Tbsp
Dry coconut : 1 1/2 Tbsp
Red chilies : 2
Cumin powder : 1 tsp
Coriander Powder : 1 tsp
Salt : to taste
Chili Powder : to taste
Turmeric Powder : 1/8 tsp
Garam masala : 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves : few
Oil : 6 Tbsp

Method :

Pressure cook naatu kodi ( chicken) with salt, turmeric powder , ginger garlic paste and little water for three whistles.

Fry poppy seeds , red chilies and dry coconut . Once roasted , make them into a fine paste by adding little water. Keep it aside until needed.

Take a pan , heat it and add oil to it.
Add in whole garam masala - cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick .
Let them heat up and then add chopped onion.
Add split green chili and curry leaves.
Fry it until onions are brown.
Add turmeric and ginger garlic paste, fry them until raw smell goes off.
Add in chopped tomato , fry them for couple of minutes.
Add poppy seeds paste that we prepared earlier. Fry it for 10 mins.
Add salt , cumin powder, coriander powder and red chili powder.
Fry it nicely and then add cooked chicken , toss it so that all the masala will get stick to the chicken.
Sprinkle garam masala on top.
Fry it for 5 more minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves .
Serve it as a starter or as a curry with hot rice .
Enjoy your dish :)