Chicken Curry (In the cooker) - Easy, super-quick

Approximate time required : 15 mins

This recipe serves 3.

Ingredients :

Chicken, cut into medium pieces  - About 300-400 gm roughly (with bone or boneless)
Onions - 1 large, chopped fine
Tomato - 1 small, chopped fine
Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped - 1 tablespoon
Cinnamon 1 inch
Cloves 3
Pepper corns - 4 whole
Green cardamoms 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for cooking (About 1-2 tablespoons)
Any chicken masala (readymade/xacuti masala etc) - about 1-2 teaspoons.
Water - 1 1/2 cup roughly

Method

1. Marinate the chicken with lemon/vinegar and salt for at least 15 mins - 1 hr prior to cooking.
2. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add green cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon,pepper corns and sauté.
3. Add the onion and saute the onions till they turn golden brown in colour. You can add a pinch of salt for faster uniform browning of the onions. 
4. Add garlic paste, ginger paste. Mix and sauté well. Continue saute-ing till the raw aroma disappears (roughly a minute). Don't let it burn.
5. Next, add in the finely chopped tomato, and saute until the tomato is soft and cooked. 
6. Add the chicken masala, and fry well. 
7. Next, add in the pre-marinated chicken pieces and toss in the masala for about 3 minutes.Check for salt. Adjust as required. Bear in mind that you have already added salt while marinating the chicken.
8. Add water and stir well.
9. Now, put the lid on the cooker, add the weight, and on the medium burner of your gas stove, cook for about 3 whistles on High.
10. Keep the cooker aside till the steam is let off.
11. Now, open the cooker, put it back on the flame, add corriander and cook for a minute till the chicken is cooked. 
12. Chicken curry in a cooker is ready!

Recipe loosely adapted from :
http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/Recipe/Quick-Pressure-Cooker-Chicken-Curry.html