Clean, wash and marinate the chicken for 30 mins with red chilly pwd, turmeric pwd, pepper pwd, salt and lemon juice
Pour 3 tbsp of cooking oil to a fry pan
Add cumin, saunf, cloves, cinnamon, mustard and wait to splutter
Add finely chopped onions and sauté well
Add ginger garlic paste, turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, pepper pwd and stir well for 2 mins
Add coriander pwd and finely chopped cilantro leaves
Cook further for few minutes
Add tomato slices and smash it well
Add ½ cup of water to the masala and close the fry pan
Allow it to cook for 5 to 7 mins in a medium flame
Then add the marinated chicken pieces to the masala and sauté it well
Add salt as required
Add thick yoghurd and stir well
Close the fry pan and allow chicken to cook for 10 to 15 mins in medium flame
Keep stirring once in a while, so that the masala doesn’t get stick to the bottom
When the chicken is cooked, add the crushed pepper, garam masala pwd lemon juice to it
Switch off the flame
Garnish the hot & spicy Pepper Chicken Masala with fresh coriander leaves
This delectable dish from Chettinad Cuisine is a great treat for spice lovers and it pairs up excellent with parathas or steamed rice
