Lemon Chicken - Indian Style

Over the years I have read and tried many lemon chicken recipes .. some turned good .. some very lemony and some bitterly sour .There are also many ways and cultures in which it is prepared hence adding an ingredient separately makes it unique to that culture.Below is the lemon chicken recipe indian style but I will be soon posting western lemon chicken recipe .

I have used mustard oil in below recipe but if you don't like pungent mustard oil you can also use any other cooking oil .

Ingredients :
1 Kg Chicken
6 tbsp mustard oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
6 - 7 dried red chillies
2 -3 chopped red onions
4 tsp  chopped garlic
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
Salt as per taste
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp sugar
coriander leaves


Method
Heat a kadhai with mustard oil and heat till smoking hot.Fry cumin seeds, dried red chillies, chopped red onions in the oil.
Add the chopped garlic, haldi, coriander powder and salt to taste. Stir gently on a medium flame till softened and all the spices and aromatics are well amalgamated. Once the oil surfaces, add the chicken and fry on a medium heat till fully coated with the masala base.
Add lemon juice and mix well. Finally add sugar and 1/2 cup water .
Cover and simmer the chicken for 45 minutes to an hour or until it is nice and tender and coming of the bone.
Add a big bunch of chopped coriander leaves. Stir through and serve the tangy yellowy chicken hot with rotis.