Chicken Do Pyaza

Make a fine paste of cut onions and ginger, garlic Marinate the chicken for at least 1 to 2 hours with the following marinade: - curd, onion ginger, garlic paste, turmeric, salt and 2 tbsp of oil

Fry the sliced onions in oil in batches till they are brown.Add a pinch of sugar while frying after they had become brown so that they get caramelized, get a nice color and become crispy.Take out of the oil and keep aside.

In the oil add tomato puree and saute. Add turmeric powder, cumin, and red chilly powder and continue to saute in high flame.

Add chopped tomatoes and salt and lower the flame. When the water has evaporated and the spicy mixture does not stick to the sides of the pan, add the marinated chicken.

Cover and cook for at least half an hour to 45 minutes, stirring in between. If the chicken tends to stick to the bottom and the sides of the pan add 1/4th cup of warm water.

Slow cook on low flame till the chicken gets tender, the fat all melts and oil starts showing up on the top. Add all spice powder at this stage.Check salt, add if required.

Before taking off the fire and the caramelized onions and mix.Don’t cook.switch off the oven after this. Sprinkle lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with any flat-breads or fried rice.