Spicy Chicken Thick Gravy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 tablespoons oil
1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 large onion, chopped
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1 chicken, skinned and cut
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 cinnamon stick
2 cardamom
1 bay leaf
3 cloves
1 medium potato, skinned and cubed
1/4 cup low-fat yogurt
1/2 cup coriander leaves, chopped
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cream (to garnish)

Preparation

Wash the chicken well and with a knife slash the chicken flesh a little to enable to juices to penetrate.
In a bowl mix, chicken, chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala, salt, lime juice, yoghurt and set aside. You can choose to set aside this mixture for about 1 hour to enable better flavoring.
In a deep vessel / casserole vessel heat the oil and mustard seeds on medium flame.
Add onions and saute till golden brown.
Add the turmeric powder and stir a little.
Next add the cinnamon stick, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and fry for about 2 minutes.
Next add the chopped tomatoes and saute till the tomato smell disappears and then mash the tomatoes with your stirring spoon.
Now add the cubed potatoes and stir for about 2 minutes.
Add the chicken mixture to this mixture and stir for about 2 minutes.
Add the coriander leaves and stir again for about 2 minutes.
Add the water and stir again.
Close the lid and let it simmer till the chicken is done.
When chicken is done check the salt content and add a bit more salt as per taste.
You can also add additional chili powder if you would like it spicy.
When serving you can garnish this with a tsp of cream drizzled on top.