Wash chicken twice or thrice with haldi powder and salt. Drain the water and keep aside. Then marinate the chicken with haldi powder, red chilli powder, salt. For masala paste grind tomato, onion, ginger, garlic pods, green chilli, cashew nuts and grind into fine paste. Once it is done then keep aside...

Heat mustard oil. Fry cumin seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon stick and cloves for few seconds. Then add the masala paste. Cook till the oil separates from the kadai or the raw smell of masala goes off. Then add the marinate chicken fry till it is the chicken cooked properly.

No need of adding water. From the masala.moisture will be their.. Cook chicken for 2 minutes and check in between. If it is done. Then transfer to a bowl....