Chicken rogan josh

A popular dish in Kashmir, where the chicken is stewed perfectly amid spices.

Ingredients
3 tbsp curd
Salt and ground pepper powder, as required
¼ tsp garam masala powder
½ kg chopped chicken
400gm tomato
4 tbsp oil
2 bay leaves
3 crushed cardamoms
1 cinnamon stick of 1 inch length
½ tsp cumin
2 ground cloves
2 pods crushed garlic
1 inch long cut ginger
2 finely sliced large onions
½ tsp cumin powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp fennel powder
1 ½ tsp chilli powder
½ tsp coriander powder
200gm finely chopped tomatoes
250ml water
½ tsp garam masala powder
2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely cut

Preparation
Mix salt, pepper and garam masala with curd and marinate the chicken pieces with it. Keep in fridge for two hours
Put tomato in hot water for 1 minute. Immediately put it in cold water. Grind and sieve it out
Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaves, crushed cardamoms, cinnamon, cumin and ground cloves, and continue to heat until it is brown
Add onion and garlic to it and sauté for 7 minutes
When the onion slices turn light brown in color, add the marinated chicken and mix well
Close the lid and cook on low flame for 10 minutes. Stir at regular intervals
When the mixture thickens and oil separates, remove the lid, flip the chicken and fry it till it turns light brown in colour
Add ginger, ground tomatoes and chopped tomatoes to it. Mix and stir
Mix water, stir and cook for 15-20 minutes keeping lid closed. Continue this till the chicken cooks and gravy thickens
After the chicken is cooked, sprinkle garam masala powder on it, remove from stove, garnish with cut coriander leaves and serve