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chicken with greenchilli marinade
Ingredients
1.5 lbs chicken, cut into medium size as shown in the pics (I used half of a whole chicken, so it has both white and dark meat)
2 tbsp oil
1/4 cups Red Onion, diced
lots and lots of Curry Leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp finely ground black pepper
2 tbsp lime juice
To Grind
15 green chilies (or to taste)
1 medium sized red onion
2 tbsp heaped ginger slices
8 cloves of garlic
Salt to taste
3 tbsp vinegar
Method
Wash the chicken pieces and drain well with paper towels. Make the marinade by grinding all the ingredients in the To Grind section to a coarse paste. Marinate the chicken in this paste for at least 30 minutes.

Heat oil in a large pan and saute the diced onions and half of the curry leaves till onions starts to brown. Add the black pepper and saute for a few seconds.
Now add the marinated chicken pieces to the pan and mix well Saute till the chicken pieces turn white.

Cover the pan and cook on high for 6 minutes. Remove the lid and keep stirring till all the liquid is dried up and the chicken pieces turns brown.
Add the lemon juice and the remaining curry leaves and (more salt if needed) and saute for another couple of minutes.