Chicken Vindaloo

Ingredients:

• Chicken 1/2 kg
• Onion 1 big
• Kashmiri chilly 8
• Pepper 2 to 3
• Clove 2 to 3
• Star anise 2
• Cinnamon 1 big piece
• Cumin seeds 1/4 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/4 Tsp
• Vinegar 2 to 3 Tbsp
• Sliced onion 1 big
• Chopped tomato 2 small
• Ginger paste 1/2 Tsp
• Garlic paste 1/2 Tsp
• Sugar 1/2 Tsp
• Water
• Salt
• Oil

Clean and cut the chicken into med pieces. Sauté one big onion in oil and keep it aside. Soak kashmiri chilly, pepper, cinnamon, clove, star anise, cumin seeds and turmeric pdr in vinegar and grind it well with sauted onion. Keep it aside. Heat oil in a kadai and add the thinly sliced onion. Stir it for few mins and add the tomato, salt and grounded masala mix. Roast it well and add the chicken pieces and water. Cook it. When the chicken is half cooked, add the ginger garlic paste and combine well. When it is fully cooked, add sugar and little vinegar into this and mix well.

Recipe Courtesy: Vanitha Pachakam