Authentic Chicken Madras

• 5 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 whole cloves
• 2 cardamom pods
• 2 large onions, finely chopped
• 3 green chile peppers, with seeds, chopped
• 1 (1 inch) piece ginger, minced
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon ground red chili pepper, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• salt to taste
• 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 (14 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, or more to taste
• 1 teaspoon garam masala

1. Heat oil in a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Add cloves and cardamom pods and wait until they sizzle, about 1 minute. Add onions and fry until dark brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Add chile peppers, ginger, and garlic; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add ground chile pepper, turmeric, cumin, coriander, and salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until blended in, about 1 minute more.
2. Stir chicken and water into the pan with the spice mixture. Cook, while stirring, until water is incorporated, 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomato puree and nutmeg and cover the pan with a lid. Cook until chicken is tender over medium heat, about 20 minutes. When ready to serve, sprinkle with garam masala and cilantro.

cooking oil, cloves, cardamom pods, onions, green chile peppers, ginger, garlic, ground red chili pepper, ground turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander, salt, skinless, water, tomato puree, ground nutmeg, fresh cilantro, garam masala

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/262542/authentic-chicken-madras/ (may not work)