Chicken Latpata Lazzatdar

Ingredients -

Chicken - 1/2 kg
Onions chopped finely - 3 med size
Tomato - 1 small
Garlic peeled - 1 whole small
Ginger - 1 inch
Green chilli - 1 optional
Potato - 1 big cut in 4 pieces ( optional)
Cumin - 1 tsp
black peppercorn - 1/3 tsp
Cloves - 4-5
Black cardamom - 1
Green cardamom - 2
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Nutmeg - a small piece
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 5-6 tbsp
Bay leaf - 2
Salt  - to taste ( take care, the marinate also has salt in it )

 For marinate -

Garlic paste - 1 tsp 
Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp
Curd - 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method -
1. Marinate the chicken mixing everything listed for
     marination and keep it for 3-4 hours.
2. Dry roast the cumin, peppercorn, cloves, black
     and green cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg on a
     tawa for 2-3 minutes on a low flame. Just warm it 
     so the grinding is easy.
3.  Grind it to a fine powder, Grind the ginger, garlic 
     and green chilli also to a paste.
4. Take a karahi and heat oil in it. Put bay leaf into it.
5. Add the onions into it and fry it until golden brown.
6. Add the ginger-garlic paste and stir fry  it for a minute,
    add the cut potato as well.
7. Add the ground masala with all the dry masala,
     tomato, salt and keep frying it until all are brown
     and u can smell the aroma of fried masala.
8. Add the chicken with the marinate and mix all 
    for a moment.
9.  Sprinkle little water and keep frying it for 5 minutes.
10. Add little warm water and cover it and cook until the
      chicken and potato both are tender and done.
11. Take off the lid and fry till all the water is evaporated.
12. Serve it with Naan, Paratha, Tandoori Roti.