SMOKED CINNAMON AND GARLIC CHICKEN

 

Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 50 mins
Serve : 4

INGREDIENTS
Chicken pieces - 1 kg
Chopped onion  - 3 onion
Ginger  - 1 inch stick
Garlic cloves  - 15
Cloves - 5 - 6
Green cardamom - 3 - 4
Black cardamom - 2
Whole black pepper - 5 - 6

Cinnamon - 1 inch stick 
Whole red chilly  -  5
Coriander seeds  - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Kashmiri mirch powder  - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Thick curd - 1/2 cup
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Bay leaf  - 2
Salt - to taste
Oil - 4 tbsp

METHOD
Wash and clean chicken pieces and marinate with turmeric powder,red chilly power, salt and lemon juice  and keep aside for 30 mins

Cinnamon stick keep in the flame and add in the marinated chicken and cover it.
Take a blender add ginger garlic cloves,green and black cardamom,cloves,whole black pepper and whole red chilly red chilly  and blend coarsely.
Heat oil in a pan,add  bay leaf and chopped onion  and cook in a high flame for five mins. now add chicken pieces  and cover it and cook in a high flame for five mins. 
 Add masala paste,kashmiri mirch powder and

mix well.
Now add thick curd and mix well,cover it and cook for ten mins in low flame.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapati or naan.