Chicken Chennai Recipe

Ingredients
chicken - 1 kg
onions - 1/2 kg
ginger - 4 cm
garlic - 1/2 pod
green chillies - 2
corriander leaves - 1/2 cup
poppy seeds - 2 tsp
tomatoes - 300 gms
cloves - 3
cardamoms - 3
cinnamon - 3 pieces
bay leaves - 2
fennel - 1 tsp
pepper powder - 1 tbsp
chilli powder - 2 tsp
corriander powder - 1 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1 tsp
oil - 5 tbsp

Method
Clean and joint the chicken. Remove the skin. Slice onions.
Grind 1/2 the onions with all the ingredients from ginger to poppy seeds to a smooth paste.
Chop tomatoes. Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame.
Add all the ingredients from cloves to fennel. Fry for 1 minute. Add onion slices and fry till brown.
Add the ground paste and fry well. Add all the powders, fry for 1 minute.
Add tomatoes, fry till oil separates at the sides of the kadai. Add chicken pieces and salt.
Add 2 cups of water.Cover and lower the flame.
Simmer till chicken is cooked. Serve hot with steamed rice.