BONJOUR SERIES # 6 - PEPPER CHICKEN

Hey Everyone.. I know , we are all in festive mood.. planning and cooking savories and sweets for the special day.. Yesterday, Me and Mr. H sat down to decide what to make for Bakrid which falls in first week of November.. we did shortlist on couple of things.. well, I will not be reveling it now.. :) Come back for the sneak peak by the end of this month.. :) 


Now that we have a nice circle of friends here.. I am all excited to make their goody bags :) 


So, now for this week on "Bonjour" . We have Sini Cherian from "The - Masala Trail". 
She is an amazing blogger with loads of interesting recipes.. Please do visit her space to enjoy her delicacies..  


Now, I present you all Sini - in her own words..


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Sini Cherian's Guest Post 

hi friends......its been a long time since i blogged. here is my recipe for the bonjour event.


I love to cook for my family and nothing gives me greater pleasure than watching them enjoy a sumptous meal. I love chicken dishes. i would love to have them daily with no regrets.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chicken- 1 kg
• Shallots- 10
• Garlic- 10
• Ginger- 1inch piece
• Green chillies-2 no.
• Pepper-1 1/2tbsp
• Cummin- 1tsp
• Cloves- 6
• Cinnamon- 1
• Big onion- 1 1/2 sliced thinly
• Tomato- 1 no.
• Turmeric powder- 1tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil
• Curry leaves

METHOD:

1. Cut chicken into pieces and clean and keep aside.
2. Grind shallots,green chillies,ginger and garlic to a fine paste.
3. Marinate the chicken in this  with salt and turmeric and keep aside for 2hrs.
4. Crush all the raw spices roughly.
5. Heat oil in a kadai and add big onions until translucent and then add curry leaves and remove them from the kadai.
6. In the same oil fry the chicken pieces and remove when brown.
7. Add the remaining masala paste, crushed masalas and tomato to the kadai and saute for some time.
8. Add the chicken and cook till done.
9. Seve hot with rice or any breads.