Clean the chicken pieces (preferably leg and breast pieces).

Make slits over the fleshy parts.

Make a paste with ginger, garlic and salt.

Marinate the chicken pieces with this paste adding alongwith the curd, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, aniseed powder, egg and food color. Leave it for an hour.

Deep fry the pieces in hot oil till it is well cooked and brown in colour.

For Gravy: 1)Heat oil in a pan and fry the sliced onions, sliced chilies, ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, aniseed powder, cumin powder, tomato and salt.

Add curry leaves, tomato sauce and curd and cook for sometime.

Add chicken pieces and cover the lid and cook for 5 minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

:- Serve with appam, idiappam or rotis.