Chicken Sookha

Ingredients

Chicken - 3 lb Cutted into 1-2 inch pieces , (with some small cut bones in)
1/2 teaspoon whole cumin seeds (jeera)
Red Chilli Powder - 2tsp , 1 finely chopped green chillies , 2 dry red chillies
Salt - 1 tsp or According To Taste
Haldi or Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
2" cube of fresh ginger peeled and Cut in to very small pieces
Dhaniya Powder - 1tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
5 tbsp.veg oil
1 onion - chopped
1 onion - cut in form of long pieces
1" stick of cinnamon
2 bay leaves
1/2 tsp black pepper
Cashew Nut pieces
chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp

Method

1. Clean the chicken pieces, wash thoroughly and drain the water.
2. Marinate the chicken pieces with the mix (Red Chilli Powder, little Salt, Haldi, Ginger Garlic Paste) for 1 hour.
3. Put Marinated Chicken in Steamer (Rice cooker steamer or others) & steam for 1/2 hour. Chicken should be well cooked leaving most of its oil in the steamers water.
4. Heat oil in the pan add cumin seeds, onions, green chillies.
5. Fry onions till it turn to brown colour.
6. Add ginger and garlic paste, Dhaniya Powder , bay leaves, Cashews, Salt, Chilli Powder, chopped green chillies ,Dry red Chillies, ginger pieces & fry for few more minutes.
7. Add the marinated steamed chicken and fry for sometime. Do not add any water.
8. Stir it, cover the pan and let it cook for 15 minutes.
9. Remove the cover of the pan and garnish it with coriander leaves & lemon juice