Authentic Chicken Fry

It's a simple chicken fry I used to make some years ago. And one of our friends who tasted this referred it  as authentic. I forgot the recipe and somehow I remembered this word and manged to get the same taste again.

Ingredients

Chicken - 1/2Kg
Onion - 2
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 Teaspoon
Chilly Powder - 1 Teaspoon
Coriander Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
Crushed pepper - 1/4 Teaspoon
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 3
Saunf seeds - 1/2 Teaspoon
Curry leaves - A handful
Salt
Oil

Method

1. Wash the chicken and dry them completely with kitchen towel.
2. Heat oil in pan and season with saunf (sombu),curry leaves, cinnamon,cloves and cardamom.
3. Add chopped onions and fry them for 3 minutes with little bit of salt (only for onion).
4. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
5. Add chicken pieces along with all the powders and fry them.
6. After chicken pieces are browned (takes about 6 minutes), add salt. It's important to add the salt at this stage. It helps the chicken to retain its juices.
7.Reduce the flame and cook till the chicken turns red and oil coming out.
8.Swithc off the stove and add the crushed pepper.
9.Serve hot with rice.