Ajwain Chicken curry

South Indian dishes is something hot & spicy.  Ajwain chicken curry is most exotic dish taste good with rice , rotis & naans as well.  When I want to try out some new chicken dishes, I blindly follow the sanjeev kapoor's recipe.  Flavour of ajwain brings unique taste to this dish & we just loved it with rice :)

Ingredients :

1. Chicken - 800 gms
2. Oil - 4 tbsp
3. Coconut, scrapped - 1 cup
4. Garlic - 4 to 6 pods
5. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Onion - 2 nos
7. Salt to taste
8. Tamarind pulp - 1 tbsp
9. Nutmeg grated - 1/4 tsp
10. Corriander leaves for garnishing

Dry Roast the below ingredients :

1. Red chillies - 4 nos
2. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
3. Corriander seeds - 1 1/2 tbsp
4. Black peppercorns - 10 nos
5. Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
6. Ajwain - 1 tsp
7. Poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
8. Cloves - 6 nos
9. Cinnamon - 2 stick
10. Star anise - 4 nos

Direction to cook :

1.   Lightly brown the scrapped coconut & grind it along with the garlic pods and the roasted ingredients.

2.   Heat oil in the frying pan, add onions & saute till tender.  Add chicken pieces & saute.

3.   Add the grounded coconut paste, turmeric powder, tamarind pulp & cook till done.

4.   Finally, add nutmeg powder & finely chopped corriander leaves.

Serve warm with rice or rotis.