Balti murgh

Ingredients
500 grams chicken,
1 tablespoon tomato puree,
1 tablespoon curd(yoghurt),
1 onion, 1 tomato,
2 big green chillies,
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste,
½ inch cinnamon,
1 black cardamom,
2 black pepper corns,
¼ teaspoon black cumin seeds,
½ teaspoon red chilly powder,
¼ teaspoon garam masala,
1 teaspoon lemon juice,
1 tablespoon oil,
salt to taste.
Preparation time
30 minutes

Serves
2

HOW TO PREPARE
Finely slice the onion, tomato and set them aside separately. Now take a frying pan and heat the oil. Put the onion slices and sauté till golden brown. Add the tomato slices, green chillies and ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell leaves. Then add the cinnamon, cardamom, pepper corns, black cumin seeds, red chilly powder and garam masala. Sauté for a minute or till an aroma begins to rise. Put in the chicken pieces and sauté for five minutes so that the masala may seep into the chicken very well. Now pour the tomato puree and add salt to taste. Stir well, simmer and sauté briefly. Now add the smoothly beaten curd and sauté vigorously so that no lumps are formed. Cover with a lid and cook for 15 minutes or till the chicken is nice and soft. Pour the lemon juice and stir well. Garnish with coriander leaves and butter flakes and serve hot.