Tawa Chicken

Instructions

• Take chicken in a bowl and wash it really well.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt, lemon juice and mix well.
• Cover and rest the chicken for at least 30 minutes.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat.
• Add cumin seeds, black peppercorns, javitri, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, dry red chilies and roast them a little.
• Do not roast until these changes their color.
• Roast until the spices begin to release nice aroma on medium heat or for about 3-4 minutes.
• Transfer the roasted masalas into a blender jar and blend into a fine powder.
• Masala for Tawa chicken is ready.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add marinated chicken and fry it for about 4-5 minutes or until chicken gets transparent white color.
• Add finely chopped onion, tomato, and mix well.
• Fry for another 5-7 minutes.
• After about 5 minutes add fresh masala, salt and mix well.
• Add water and mix well. 
• Cook the chicken until it looks nice and soft.
• After cooking the chicken on medium heat for another 8-10 minutes, check if it is cooked.
• Add garam masala and cook for just about a minute.
• Adding garam masala is optional. You can skip it if you don’t want.
• Tawa chicken is already.
• Add coriander leaves and mix well.
• It goes well with chapatti, fulka, naan, or paratha.
• You also can serve as a side dish with rice.