Simplest Chicken Curry

Chicken curry can't get any simpler than this! Don't go by the looks of it, I can assure you...its delicious!

Ingredients:

• Chicken (fresh or frozen) 500 gm
• Curd or Yogurt 125 gm (1/2 cup) 
• Medium sized onions                   2 
• Green chillies                            2 
• Ginger garlic paste                  2 tsp
• Red chilli powder                    2 tsp
• Cumin powder                        2 tsp
• Turmeric powder                     1/2 tsp
• Garam masala                      1/2 tsp
• Water 350 ml
• Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
• Handful Mint leaves
• Handful Curry leaves

Method:

1. If you have fresh chicken, Clean it properly. If you have frozen chicken, defrost it to room temperature and then wash it properly
2. Put the cleaned chicken in a bowl. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala, salt and yogurt to it. Let the chicken marinate in the spices for about half hour
3. Put a sauce pan or wok or kadhai on medium flame and add oil. Add green chilli, curry leaves and onions to it. Add a quarter of mint leaves to leave its essence in the frying onions.
4. After the onions turn translucent to light brown colour add ginger garlic paste and sauté the mixture for about a minute or two
5. Add the marinated chicken to the onion mixture and fry it on a high flame for about 5 minutes
6. Add mint leaves to the mixture
7. Add water and keep the flame high for another 5 minutes
8. Reduce the flame to low and keep it simmering for about 15-20 min
9. You can keep it on the low flame for more duration until the gravy reaches a desired thickness
10. Serve the hot curry with a plate of rice

P.S. You can add more red chilli powder or green chillies according to your spice levels