Chettinad Chicken Gravy

Ingredients:
1 kg Chicken
1 1/2 cup Onion
1 cup Tomato
20 cloves Garlic
1 big piece Ginger
2 tsp Pepper
2 tsp Cumin seeds
2 tspFennel (Jeera)
1/4 cupCoriander Powder
1/2 small cupChilli Powder
Cloves as required
Tamarind as required
Salt to taste
5 teaspoon Oil

Method:
Wash the chicken and cut to pieces. Mince garlic and ginger. Powder pepper, cumin seeds and fennel together.
Fry the powders lightly and keep aside. Season cloves in oil in a frying pan, add onion and tomato. Sauté well adding minced garlic and ginger.
Add chicken with little turmeric powder and cook for 10 minutes.
Add chilli /coriander powders, salt and mix well. Pour 4 cups of water and boil.
When chicken is half boiled, add the half fried pepper, cumin seed and fennel powder and mix well.
When the gravy thickens to a paste, remove from fire. Serve hot with rice or dosa or roti.