Wash and cut the chicken into bite pieces and marinate for 2 hrs.
Dry roast all the spices for the masala, cool and powder it. Keep it aside.
Heat a Kadai with oil, add finely chopped onions, when they turn slightly brown in color, add the ginger garlic paste. Saute well.
Then add chicken, turmeric, and salt. Cover with a lid for 5 mins.
Let it cook on high flame, then add the ground spice powder. Combine everything well, simmer for 10 mins with lid covered
Then add the tomato puree, simmer and cook for another 15 mins with a lid covering, making sure to stir in between.
Once the chicken is cooked soft and becomes dry, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot as a side dish for rice or as starters.