Chicken Kasha- a typical Bengali dish. 

It is actually a semi dry preparation of chicken slowly cooked with different types of spices keeping the pieces intact without breaking them.

Ingredients:

Chicken                              1kg

Onion                                 3 large (paste)

Ginger garlic paste           3 tbsp.

Tomatoes                           3 (ground to paste)

Turmeric powder                1 tsp

Red chili powder                2tsp

cumin powder                    1tsp

Coriander powder              1 tsp

Garam masala powder        1 tbsp

Cinnamon                           2 stick

Cardamom                         5 to 6

Clove                                 5 to 6

Bay leaves                          3

Mustard oil                       1/2 cup

Ghee                                1 tblsp

Salt                                   (as per taste)

Sugar                                1 tsp

1.Take chicken pieces in a large bowl and add onion paste, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, salt and 3 tablespoon of mustard oil. Mix thoroughly and keep for marination for about 3 hours.

2. Heat mustard oil in a non stick pan. Add whole garam masalas (cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaves, clove, Aniseed). When masala starts spluttering add the marinated chicken . Stir the chicken along with the masala slowly and continuously in medium flame so that masala cooked completely along with the chicken.

3. When masala starts leaving oil add tomato puree and 2 cups of warm  water and mix it. Cover it with lid and let it cook for another  8 to 10 minutes with occasional stirring. When the water evaporates and chicken pieces becomes tender and garam masala powder and sugar. Cover it for another 4 minute in low flame.

4. Remove it from fire and add 2 tsp of ghee and sprinkle some more garam masala powder. mix it well.

Serve hot and enjoy with steamed rice or parathas.