Punjabi Chicken Curry

Chicken is a favourite with my family. Every Sunday we cook up some chicken . This time I cooked Punjabi chicken curry. Well here's the recipe:

Chicken : 500grams ,curry cut with bones

Oil: 5-6 tbs

Onions:3 large, ground to paste

Ginger: 1 inch piece, paste

Garlic: 6-8 flakes, paste

Tomatoes:2 pureed

Bay Leaf/ Tej Patti: 1 pc

Curd: 1/2 cup

Brown Cardamoms/ Bari elaichi:2

Cloves/Laung:2

Cinnamon /dalchini: 1/2 inch

Turmeric powder/Haldi:1/2 tsp

Coriander powder/Dhania Powder: 1/2 tsp

Red Chilly powder:1/2 tsp

Garam Masala:1 tsp

Hot water:2 cups

This preparation doesnt need marination. At first, oil is heated and the bay leaf, cardamom, Cinnamon and cloves are added . After a couple of seconds, onion, ginger and garlic paste is added and fried. Now the pieces of chicken are added and fried for 15 mins approx. Now the pureed tomatoes are added to it. This is fried again on medium heat. A little water is to be sprinkled from time to time. This is to be done for around 10 mins. Now turmeric powder, red chilly powder,Coriander powder garam masala,and salt is added. Fry for a minute.It is now time to add the curd . The curd must be whippped well . This is  boiled over low heat for 5 more mins approx or till oil separates. At this stage 2 cups of hot /warm water is added to the dish and transferrred to a pressure cooker. This is cooked to one whistle. The dish is now ready to be served.
Well I made some Bengali Mutton curry or pathar jhol as well. Here's the pic:

There are several recipes of Bengali Mutton curry on the net but I will upload mine pretty soon.