Andhra Chicken Pickle

Ingredients :-

Chicken : 1 lb ( boneless)

Coriander seeds : 2 Tbspn

Cloves : 8

Cinnamon : 2" piece

Cardamom : 3

Poppy seeds ( dry fried) : 1 tspn

Garlic : 10 pods

Ginger : equal quantity of garlic

Water : 1 small glass

Turmeric : 1/4 tspn

Salt : 1/4 tspn

Oil : 100ml

Salt : 5 tspn

Paprika : 12 tspn

Mustard Powder : 2 tspn

Fenugreek powder : 1/2 tspn

Lemon : 5

Ingredients for tadka :-

Oil : 100 ml

Dry red chillies : 4

Cumin seeds : 1 tspn

Mustard or vaminta seeds : 1/2 tspn

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Asafoetida : 1/8 tspn

Preparation :-

• Clean and cut chicken into small pieces.
• Heat a glass of water and bring it to boil . When it comes to boiling point add 1/4 tspn salt and 1/4 tspn turmeric . Add chicken pieces slowly and cook it till done and strain it.
• Dry the chicken pieces on a paper towel for 15 mins.
• In mean time grind coriander seeds , cloves , cardamom , cinnamon and dry fried poppy seeds to a fine powder.
• In second round add ginger and garlic pieces and grind again.
  
• Now heat a pan add 100 ml of oil and fry boiled chicken pieces till golden brown.
• Now to the fried chicken add grinded paste and fry for 3 mins and switch off stove.
  
• Take a dry bowl and add salt , paprika , mustard powder and fenugreek powder and mix nicely. Pour these spices on top of chicken and mix nicely.
• Take a bowl and squeeze juice of 5 lemon .
• Once the chicken is cooled add this lemon juice and mix nicely.
• Now heat a sauce pan add 100ml of oil and make tadka by adding dry red chillies , cumin , mustard and asafoetida. Switch off stove and carefully add curry leaves . let this tadka cool completely.
• Add this tadka to chicken and mix nicely.
  
• Transfer it to a dry storage container. You can sere after a day .
• Serve it with hot rice.