Heat oil in a large saucepan, add garlic minced 🧄, cook for 1 min,add cinnamon sticks, minced ginger saute, add chopped onions 🧅 cook until light golden.

Add curry leaves 🌱, cayenne powder 🌶️, paprika powder/ kashmiri red chillies powder 🌶️, Sri Lankan curry powder, and cook for few mins until you start to smell the spices, add chicken pieces 🐔, green chillies paste and mix well.

Add salt 🧂, chopped tomato 🍅, sugar and mix masala to coat the chicken 🐓, cover and cook for 10 mins, stir frequently, don't burn the masala, cook on medium flame, add coconut milk 🥥, water 💦, apple cider vinegar 🍎 and bring the curry to a boil, if you want less gravy add less liquid and if you want more gravy add water and adjust the gravy to your desired. Don't make very thin gravy.

Cook for 15- 20 mins, stirring occasionally, check chicken piece🐔 if it tender, remove from flame and let the chicken 🐓 cool slightly, serve with rice.

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves 🌿, finely chopped green chillies.