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.

Urad Methi

Ingredients :

1 Raw Mango                                                                          
1 cup coconut
1 tbsp urad dal
1tbsp methi seeds
3-4 curry leaves
1 tspn mustard seeds
1 tspn haldi
5-6 red chilies
Lemon sized jaggery
1 tspn hing
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil, add 1/2 tbsp urad dal, 1/2 tbsp methi seeds & red chilies fry them.
Grind coconut, fried urad dal, methi seeds, red chilies, haldi, salt, hing.
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, urad dal when they crackle add curry leaves then add raw mango & add some water & close the lid for about 5 mins.
Add ground mixture, jaggery & mix it well, fry for another 5 mins. Check the salt & serve it hot. :)