Ingredients:
- Chicken - 500 g - cleaned and cut
- Onion - 1 medium sized - finely chopped
- Green chili - 2
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Pepper powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 2 tsp
To roast and grind:
- Cardamom - 1
- Cinnamon - 1/4 inch stick
- Cloves - 2
- Star anise - 1/4
- Small onion - 2
- Coconut flakes - 1 tbsp
- Kuruma podi - 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Oil - 1 tsp
Procedure:
- In a pressure cooker heat oil, add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom powder
- Then add onion and green chili
- Saute for 2-3 min or until they become soft
- Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 min
- Now add salt, turmeric powder and pepper powder and mix well
- Add the chicken pieces and mix well
- Close the pressure cooker and allow it to cook for one whistle
- In meanwhile, heat a pan with oil and add the ingredients given in "to roast and grind"
- Allow it to cool and grind it into smooth paste by adding little water
- Add the paste to the cooked chicken in the pressure cooker
- Mix them well and allow it in low flame for 5 min or until the gravy gets thickened
- Pepper chicken tastes great with rice, chappathi, pulav.