Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

500 gms chicken, cleaned and cut into small pieces

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp black pepper powder

1 tsp lime juice

4 shallots

5 green chillies

2 onions, sliced

1 tomato, chopped

1 inch ginger piece

few curry leaves

5 garlic cloves

1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves

1 tsp soya sauce

1 tsp crushed whole black pepper 

salt

5 tsp oil

Method

• Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric powder, pepper powder, lime juice and salt for 30 minutes.
• Coarsely grind the shallots, green chillies, ginger and garlic.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add the sliced onion. Fry the onions until they turn crisp and golden brown. Transfer the fried onions into a plate and keep aside.
• Now to the same oil add the marinated chicken pieces and fry until brown on all sides. Transfer the chicken pieces also into a separate plate.
• Add the grounded shallots mix to the same oil and saute well until the raw smell goes off.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and curry leaves to this and saute on a medium low flame until the tomatoes turn mushy.
• Now add the fried chicken pieces, soya sauce, fried onions, crushed pepper and coriander leaves. Mix well. 
• Check the salt, and add more if required. Cover and cook for 4- 5 minutes on a low flame.
• Switch off the flame and serve hot.