Basic Pakistani chicken ka salan – chicken curry

Ingredients

• 1 chicken medium to large, cut up into pieces, cleaned and washed
• 6 small red onions or 3 medium or 2 large or about 4 cups of sliced onions
• 2 cups oil for frying
• 1 cup yogurt
• 4 cups water
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons coriander powder pisa wa dhaniya
• 2 teaspoons red chili powder pisi wi lal mirch
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric haldi
• 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste or 1 tsp of each
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 4 green cardamom choti elaichi
• 2 black cardamom bari elaichi
• 8 whole peppers black, sabit kaali mirch
• 5 cloves long