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Ingredientes
- Chicken - 500 grams (chopped into big cubes)
- Shallots / Pearl onions - 75 grams (5 onions)
- Ginger - 1 inch long piece
- Garlic pods - 1
- Dry red chillies - 6 to 8
- Cumin seeds - 3/4 spoon
- Coriander seeds - 1 spoon
- Fennel seeds - 1 spoon
- Peppercorns - 1/4 spoon
- Salt - As per taste
- Oil - 5 spoon (Gingelly oil preferred)
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