Mangalore Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

• Chicken 3/4 kg
• Grated coconut 1 cup
• Kashmiri chilly (whole) 12
• Cumin seeds 1/2 Tsp
• Whole cardamom 4
• Cinnamon piece 2
• Whole clove 2
• Coriander pdr 1 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Chopped ginger 1 Tbsp
• Chopped garlic 1 Tbsp
• Sliced onion 1 big
• Dry chilly few
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Water
• Salt
• Oil 

Heat oil in a kadai and add cardamom, clove and cinnamon. Saute it for few mins and put Kashmiri chilly and grated coconut into this. Stir it and add the coriander pdr (do not change the colour of the coconut). Remove it from fire and allow it to cool. Grind it with little water. Splutter mustard seeds in little oil and saute the onion, ginger and garlic. Add turmeric pdr, chicken, grounded coconut, salt and little water into this and cook well. Season it with mustard, dry chilly and curry leaves.