Easy Chicken Curry

Ingredients:
Chicken - 1/2 kg
Oil - 2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Onion - 1 sliced long
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Tomato - 1 big chopped
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
C.salt - 3/4 tsp
Chilli powder -  3/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Water - 1 1/2 cup
Chicken stock - 1 cube (optional)
Cashew - 6
Milk - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves - to garnish


Method:
Clean chicken and soak in buttermilk for 10 mins. Remove chicken from buttermilk and keep aside.
Soak cashew in milk for 15-20 mins. Grind to a paste and keep aside.
In a heavy bottom pan, pour oil. Add fennel and wait till it crackles. Add onion! Then curry leaves. Sauté for 2 mins and add GG paste. Sauté till there is no raw smell. Add tomato and sauté till it turns soft. Add turmeric and the remaining masala powders. Add chicken. Sauté for a while and then add water(dissolve the stock cube in it). Cover and cook for 20 mins. Finally add the cashew paste. Garnish with coriander.


Notes:

• Tomato can be replaced with tomato purée for a thicker gravy.
• Chicken stock has salt. So take into consideration while adding salt.