Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Ingredients :

500 gms chicken
1 big onion
1 medium sized tomato                  
5-6 green chilies

4-5 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 2-3 elachi, 2 bay leaves 
1 tbpn mustard seeds
1 tbpn cumin seeds
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp coriander powder
1 tbsp cumin powder
1 tspn haldi
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
3 tbsp oil
5-6 curry leaves
7-8 peppercorns
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, all the spices mentioned above. When mustard crackles add onion.
Saute onion till they are golden brown, then add ginger garlic paste, fry till the raw flavor is gone.
Now add haldi, curry leaves, chopped tomato.
Add coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder & salt & fry till oil separates the gravy.
Add salt & then add chicken mix them well & close the lid & let it cook for 10-15 mins.
Meanwhile crush all the pepper corns.
When the chicken is cooked & you have a nice gravy, add the pepper corns.
Garnish with coriander leaves & serve it hot with rice or chapati.