Amma's Chilli Chicken

Ingredients
Chicken 1 lb
Onion 1 – chopped fine
Ginger & Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
G. Chillies 10 - slit
Turmeric ¼ tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Salt
Lime/Lemon – ½

Preparation
Heat oil in a kadai.

Add G.Chillies and onions and fry till onions are golden brown.

Add Ginger & Garlic paste and fry till the raw smell vanishes.

Add Chicken and Turmeric. Fry for 2 mins and add salt.

Cover and cook till half done. By now, there will be a lot of water. Check for salt and add if needed.

Remove the lid and keep frying till the chicken is done and all the water evaporates.

Turn off the flame and add lime juice as per taste.

Padmaja's Okra (బెందేకాయ)

Ingredients:
Cut Okra 1 frozen bag
Onion 1
Garlic 4-5 flakes
Salt, chilli powder, dhania powder, turmeric.
oil
Fried Cashews/Peanuts

After seasoning with jeera and mustard add cut onions,let the onion fry nicely. Add okra,cook until the stickiness goes away.

Meanwhile take garlic...usually 4-5 for frozen bag, salt, chilli pd, dhania pd and make a coarse paste.

Once the okra is fried, scoot it to the corners, so that oil is collected in the middle of the pan.

To this add the garlic paste. Stir it couple of times, add a pinch of turmeric powder. Once it mixes with the oil, bring out all the okra and stir it nicely so that it coats with the masala evenly, let it cook for couple of min.
Can be garnished with fried Cashews or peanuts.