Chilli Chicken

Chilli chicken is one of the first dishes i cooked for my hubby. It was a safe dish with not too complex ingredients and would always turn out well. This semi - dry side dish has the strong flavours of garlic and chillies combined to give a great taste.

Ingredients:

• 10-12 medium sized chicken pieces
• 2 large onions sliced thin and then cut widthwise once.
• 8 large garlic cloves crushed well(not a paste though)
• 1 tspn red chilli powder
• 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
• 2tspn Coriander (dhania) powder
• 15 green chillies slit
• 3/4 cup chopped coriander
• salt to taste
• oil 4tblspn

Procedure:

1. Heat the oil in a thick botton pan(kadai).
2. Add the garlic and fry until it begins to turn brown in colour.
3. Now add the onion and cook until the onions become real soft, stirring occasionally in between.
4. Add the chicken , red chilli powder, turmeric powder, dhania powder and salt.Mix all the ingredients well. Sprinkle a little water, cover the lid and allow to cook until the chicken is almost done.(Do not add more water as the chicken leaves water while cooking making it too watery.)
5. Now add the green chillies and coriander , Mix well, close the lid and simmer for 5 minutes.Adding the green chillies at this stage doesn't make the dish too spicy , yet at the same time imparts a nice chilli flavour to it.
6. Turn off heat and serve.