Chicken Kabab

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 1/2 kg (washed,marinated and boiled)
• Oil - 5 to 6 Tea spoons
• Sompu - 1/4 tea spoon
• Jeera Seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
• Chakka - 1 to 2 pieces
• Cloves - 5 to 6
• Onions - 2 - medium - Sliced
• Tomatoes - 2 - medium - Finely chopped
• Green chillies - 2 - Make a slit in the middle
• Garlic - 5 to 7 pieces
• Ginger - a medium size piece
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Coriander - As required 
• Cashew nuts- 6 to 7
• Chilli powder - 2 tea spoons
• Dhaniya powder - 2 1/2 tea spoons
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tea spoon
• Ajinomotto - 1/2 tea spoon
• Salt - To taste

Procedure for Marination:

• Take washed chicken in a bowl.
• Add 1/4 tea spoons of turmeric powder, chilli powder, dhaniya powder, garam masala powder and 1/2 tea spoon salt, mix them well along with the chicken and leave the mixture aside for 1 hour.

Procedure for making chicken kabab:

• After one hour, just heat 1 tea spoon of oil in a pan and add few curry leaves and later add this marinated chicken and fry it for 2 minutes.
• Later on add water (chicken should be covered by water) and allow the chicken to boil. (Normally it will take 7 to 13 minutes to boil).
• Meanwhile, prepare masala. Take sliced onions, cloves, chakka, ginger, garlic, cashew nuts, corriander and grind the ingredients well as a fine paste.
• Now heat pan with  5 to 6 tea spoons of oil. Add sompu, jeera seeds, finely chopped tomatoes, curry leaves, green chillies and fry them well.
• Later on add the paste which has been grounded already. Add chilli powder, Dhaniya Powder, Turmeric Powder, Garam Masala Powder, Ajinomotto and stir the mixture till the oil comes out of masala and also the masala should leave the borders of the pan.
• Later add boiled chicken, along with the water in which the chicken has been boiled. Add salt if required.
• Just fry the chicken till it roasts completely. Masala should stick on to the pieces, as shown in the picture. The outer portion of the pieces will turn crispy.
• Serve it hot. Great combination with Tomato Dhal, Rasam and also this item serves as a side dish for fried rice etc.,, based on your choice.

* I have not at all used coconut in this dish.
* Instead of using coconut, I am using cashew nuts. It will be yummy if you are not using coconut for masala curries. Instead of coconut try using cashew nuts for gravy purpose.