Chicken Stew

This is a healthy and a very easy recipe to cook:)
 Chicken is cooked in low heat with chunks of onions,whole garlic,ginger and whole spices!
The end result is very delicious!

Ingredients:
Chicken- 1/2 kg,
Onions-3 -250 gms-peeled and chopped into chunks,
Garlic-1 whole small pod or 10-whole,
Ginger -1 inch-chopped,
Whole red chilli-6,
Whole cumin-1 tsp,
Cinnamon stick-2,
Cloves-5 to 6,
Pepper corn-1 tsp,
Bay leaf-2,
Tomato-1-chopped into big chunks,
Curd-3 tbsp,
Green chilli-slit-2-(optional),
Oil-1 tbsp.

Method:

Heat oil in pan and add whole cumin,whole red chilli, chopped ginger and whole garlic,bay leaf,cardamom,cloves,cinnamon,onion,tomato,chicken and salt.(curd and green chillies are not added now)

Mix and put the heat on high for a minute.Once it starts to heat up at the bottom,lower the heat.

Lower the heat and put a lid on and let it simmer for 1/2 hour on your small burner.
Low heat is important as the dish will dry up and stick at the bottom as no water has been added.
The chicken will cook in its own juice and with the juice of onion and tomato.
( this recipe can be made with mutton too,but the cooking time will be 40 minutes and the quantity of onions has to increased( add 2 more onions).
After 30 minutes,check the tenderness of the chicken..
The chicken will 90 % cooked.

Add 3 tbsp of beaten curd and slit green chilli(optional).Check salt.

Mix and put the lid on and let it cook on simmer for 10 minutes.
Remove the lid and mix with a spatulla so that no specks of curd can be seen.

Close gas.

This dish does not have a gravy,but the chicken has a wonderful taste and flavour due to the ingredients!
Goes very well with paratha or plain roti.