chicken curry with tomato and cashewnuts

Ingredients:

For marination:

Chicken 1 kg

Crushed ginger 1 big pieces

Crushed garlic 1 pods

Sliced Green Chilly 4 to 5

Curd 1/2 cup

Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp

Chilly pdr 1/2 Tsp

Crushed pepper 1/2 Tsp
How to Marinate:

Marinate the pieces of chicken with coarsely crushed ginger and garlic.Add the sliced green chillies along with the the turmeric powder, red chilly powder and the crushed pepper corns.Finally add the curd to tenderize the meat.Keep this mixture aside for at least 2 hours.
For Curry:

Onion 6 to 7

Tomato 3 to 5

Green chilly 2 to 3

Mint and Coriander leaves 1/4 bunch each

Ginger garlic paste 2 to 3 Tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp

Chilly pdr 1/2 Tsp

Coriander pdr 1 Tsp

Garam masala 2 Tsp

Crushed pepper 1 Tsp

Cashewnut paste 30gms

Oil/ghee
Directions:

In a pan, pour oil/ghee and once hot, add the ginger garlic paste, add the sliced onions and allow it to get light brown.Add the turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder, crushed pepper corns and the garam masala.Allow the masala to get cooked.A paste of mint leaves and coriander leaves is already kept prepared and this is added into the curry.Allow this mix to get cooked.Now add the tomatoes along with the green chillies.Now add the chicken which is kept marinated and when the chicken is halfdone, add the nut paste.Allow the chicken to get completely cooked.Add salt as per requirement.Let the gravy thicken.