Pepper Chicken

Dry roast 6-7 Kashmiri or Bedgi dried red chillies and 1 & 1/2 tbsp black pepper separately for 2-3 min

Heat 2 tbsp oil in the same pan and add 4 medium sized sliced onions

Sauté these till these become brown in color

Now, grind the roasted chillies and black pepper along with 1 tsp cumin and 1 tsp coriander powder to a coarse powder

Take out the dry masala powder in a bowl and make a coarse paste of the fried onions in the same blender jar

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and add 2 tsp ginger garlic paste followed by one slit green chilli and 8-10 curry leaves and sauté for a min

Add 500 gm chicken

Fry this for a minute on medium to high flame

Now, add the masala powder and onion paste to the chicken followed by some salt to taste and little water

Mix this well and cook till chicken is cooked

You can add little water if chicken is drying up while cooking

Once the chicken is cooked, garnish it with some more curry leaves and chopped fresh coriander and serve hot with roti, chapati or choice of bread