Chicken ularthiyathu

Ingredients 

1. Chicken (Boneless) - 0.5 Kg
2. Red chilli powder - 3 tsp
3. Coriander powder - 1.5 tsp
4. Garam masala powder - 0.5 tsp
5. Onion - 1 large
6. Shallot - 0.5 cup
7. Tomato - 1 
8. Green chillies - 2
9. Ginger - 2 inch
10. Garlic - 5 cloves
11. Salt 
12. Curry leaves - 2 twigs
13. Water - 0.5 cup
14. Oil

Ingredients for marination

1. Red chilli powder - 0.5 tsp
2. Pepper powder - 0.5 tsp
3. Turmeric powder - 0.25 tsp
4. Lime - 1 tsp
5. Salt

Ingredients for

1. Red chilli - 2 tsp
2. Pepper powder - 1 tsp
3. Fennel seeds - 0.5 tsp
4. Onion - 1 small
5. Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
6. Fenugreek powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Oil - 1 tsp

Procedure

1. Clean chicken well.
2. Cut chicken in small pieces.
3. Marinate chicken with all ingredients mentioned under "Ingredients for marination" for a minimum of 30 minutes in a refrigerator. 
4. Cut onion into thin slices.
5. Cut green chillies vertically.
6. Cut tomato into small pieces.
7. Cut shallots into thin slices.
8. Crush ginger and garlic into a paste
9. Heat oil in a pan.
10. Add ginger garlic paste into this.
11. When the raw smell leaves, throw in shallot, onion, green chillies and curry leaves.
12. Fry till onion turns golden brown.
13. Now, add tomato and fry till it becomes mushy.
14. Add red chilli, coriander and garam masala powders and fry for a minute.
15. Add chicken to this.
16. Stir the chicken till it turns white on all sides.
17. Add water to this.
18. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
19. Open the lid and cook till all the water has almost evaporated.
20. In the mean time, heat oil in another pan.
21. Add red chilli broken into two or three pieces into the oil.
22. Add fennel seeds to this and stir for a minute.
23. Add onion and fry till it turns brown.
24. Add pepper, fenugreek and garam masala powder to this.
25. Add this into the other pan with chicken.
26. Mix well for another 5 minutes or till the colour becomes deep brown.
27. Sprinkle some more curry leaves to the dish. 
28. Yummy chicken ularthiyathu is ready to be served with rice or chappathi