tandoori chicken

ingredients:

1. chicken 1 kg
2. curd 1/4kg
3. black pepper 10-12
4. cinamon powder(dalchini) 1/2 tea sp.
5. ginger garlic paste 2 tab. sp.
6. cumin seeds (jeera) 1 tea sp.
7. cardamom (green) 2-3
8. cardamom (brown) 1
9. bay leaf (tez patta) 3-4
10. green chilly (finely chopped) 5
11. dry red chilly (whole) 3
12. onions (vertically sliced) 2 small
13. tomato 1 big
14. turmeric powder 1 1/2 tea sp.
15. red chilly powder 1 tea sp.
16. coriander powder 2 tea sp.
    
17. salt to taste
18. ghee (desi ghee) 5 tab sp.
19. vinegar (white sirka) 1 tea sp.
    

for marination:
take a large bowl, add curd , black pepper, 1/2 of the turmeric powder, 1/2 of the red chilly powder,cinnamon powder,both the cardamoms powder,1/2 tea sp of salt,vinegar, half of the coriander powder,and chicken ..mix it well and keep aside in refrigerator for 5 hrs, if u marinate it for the whole night, it will double your taste, so the more u marinate the better it gets.........


now start cooking:

take big kadai,put it on a flame ,now add desi ghee ,cumin seeds ,dry red chilly,bay leaf,ginger garlic paste ,chopped green chillies and sliced onions, now fry onions till golden brown...now cut the tomato into small pieces and fry it with onions for 5 minutes, now add all the left masalas and stir it continuously and fry over low heat till the oil separates.....
now add the marinated chicken into that kadai and mix it well keep the flame high for 10 min..and now let it simmer until the chicken is tender..keep checking it so that the chicken should not stick into that kadai...
when chicken is almost done ,serve hot with sliced round onions and lemon wedges...