Baked Chicken in gravy..

Today's recipe is Baked chicken in gravy. It is a combination of many recipes that i have come across on the net. It goes well with chappathi or nan or poori...

Ingredients You need:

Chicken Drumsticks - 5 nos

One medium Potato

For Marination

chilli powder- 1 tblspoon
coriander powder- 1 tblspoon
ginger paste - 1/2 tblspoon

garlic paste - 1/2 tblspoon
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
garam masala - 1/4 tsp

chicken masala - 3/4 tsp
lemon juice
Butter
salt to taste

Make a marinade of the above items and marinate the chicken and keep refrigerated overnight or atleast for 4-5 hrs.

Ingredients for gravy

1 Medium onion

1/2 of a medium tomato

Green chillies - 2nos (optional)

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

garam masala - 1/2 tsp

chicken masala -1/2 tsp

fennel seeds - a pinch

Salt - to taste

Oil - 1 tsp

Preparation

• Cut the potato into thin long strips same as the way we cut for french fries.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degree Farenheit.
• In an oven safe bowl put the marinated chicken drumsticks and the cut potato pieces. Drizzle some oil over the chicken and the potatoes and bake the chicken in the oven for 15 minutes.
• After 15 mins take the chicken out, flip the pieces, baste it with some oil and bake it again for another 15 minutes. Mean while you can prepare the gravy.

For the gravy

• Heat some oil in pan, add the fennel seeds and saute. To that add the thinly sliced onion, green chillies and saute well.
• To the sauted onions add all the remaining powders and fry well.
• Now put in the cut tomatoes and stir well till the oil separates.
• Now add some water to this and boil to get the gravy. Dont forget to add salt.

After the intial half an hour of baking, take the chicken out, pour the above gravy over the chicken and bake it again for 30 minutes, flipping the pieces after 15 minutes.