Chicken choila

Ingredients

• 500 grams boneless chicken leg, cut into 1inch cubes
• 4 tablespoons mustard oil            
• Salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 medium tomatoes, roasted and peeled
• ½ teaspoon Sichuan pepper
• 5-6 soaked dried red chillies
• 4-5 garlic cloves
• 2-3 green chillies, diagonally sliced
• 6-8 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 inch ginger, cut into thick strips
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• ½ cup roughly chopped green garlic stalks
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

Method

1. Heat 2 tablespoons mustard oil in a pan till it smokes, add chicken pieces and sauté on high heat for 4-5 minutes. 
2. Add salt and turmeric powder, mix and saute for 6-8 minutes.  
3. Meanwhile, put tomatoes in a grinder jar, add Sichuan pepper, soaked dried red chillies and garlic cloves and grind to a fine paste.
4. Transfer the cooked chicken into a bowl, add green chillies, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves, onion, green garlic stalks and ground paste.
5. Heat remaining mustard oil in a pan till it smokes, add fenugreek seeds and sauté for 30 seconds. Add this tempering to the chicken and mix well.
6. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot.