Bhuna Kukda (Chicken cooked in Rajasthani style, with loads of chillies)

In India their are various name for cock(chicken) and kukad is one of them and Bhuna means a medium-hot dry curry prepared at high temperature with spices.
Bhuna kukad is prepared with various spices marinated to the chicken for 2-4 hours, firstly shallow fried and then cooked in thick curd. 

Ingredients for 2-3 serving

4 - 5 Cloves
1 tsp Cumin seeds
12 Garlic cloves
1 tsp Ginger pwd.
20 Red chillies whole
4 Green cardamoms
2 inch Cinnamon stick
1 tbsp Lemon juice
1 kg Chicken
2 tbsp Mustard oil/Olive oil
1/2 cupCoriander leaves chopped
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 cupYogurt

Method:

• Clean and wash the chicken, cut into big size pieces or ask your butcher to cut.
• Peel the garlic, Soak red chilies in lukewarm water for 1/2 an hour.
• Grind everything garlic, red chilies, cloves, cumin, green cardamoms, cinnamon and turmeric powder and ginger pwd. to a fine paste.
• Apply the prepared paste, lemon juice and salt to the chicken and keep it to marinate for 2 hours.
• Heat oil in a non-stick Pan/kadhai, Add cumin seeds, when they crackle mix in the marinated chicken pieces and stir fry on high flame heat.
• When all the moisture has evaporated, add beaten yogurt stirring continuously, add some water if needed and continue cooking on medium high flame heat.
• Stir fry till all moisture has evaporated and chicken has cooked.
• Add salt and stir fry till masala coats the chicken.Switch off the gas.
• Serve hot, sprinkled with coriander leaves.

* Tip: Use red chillies which has low heat or reduce the quantity if it is to hot.

Or u can use 1 tbsp red chilli pwd and red food color in place of whole red chilli.