Kadai Chicken Masala

One of my simple and all time fav recipe, this isn't the restaurant type, but quite delicious, main speciality is you can prepare this for any roti, rice or for the regular meals also. If you have kadai masala before hand, your work becomes much easier, even if you don't have no worries, you can prepare one if you don't prefer the one which is available in shops.

Ingredients
1/4 kg Chicken
1 Onion
1/2 Tomato
1 Capsicum
10-15 Dry red chili
1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste(optional)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 
1 tablespoon Kadai masala powder
Handful Curry leaves
3 tablespoon Coconut oil
Salt

For kadai masala powder
10 Dry red chili
2 tablespoon Coriander seeds
1 tablespoon cumin 
1 tablespoon fennel
1 small piece dry ginger
2 inch cinnamon
4 cloves
Dry roast the above ingredients seperately in a pan, allow it to cool and then grind into fine powder.


Method

• Slice onion and tomato, cut the capsicum in cubical shape.
• In a pan add ordinary cooking oil or coconut oil, saute the onion and dry red chilies.
• When it turns golden brown add ginger garlic paste, fry till the raw smell goes off.
• Add tomatoes and capsicum, just saute for a min and add kadai masala powder, chili powder and turmeric powder and salt.
• To this masala add the chicken pieces and fry till it turns white color, then add little water and allow it to cook, when it is cooked, take a seperate pan, add the coconut oil and fry the curry leaves.
• Pour this tempering to the masala and cook for 2 mins for the masala to absorb the oil.

Note

• Adjust the spice level according to your taste, as we are adding dry red chilies, spice level differ accordingly.
• Kadai masala is available in all Indian shops, i mostly prefer that.