Himachal grilled chicken

Ingredients:

• 4 chopped onions
• 4-5 tbsps vinegar
• 2 slit green chilli
• 4 chicken legs

For the Marinate:

• 7-8 cloves
• 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
• 1/2 stick cinnamon
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 inch ginger
• 7-8 pods of garlic
• 4 slit green chillies
• Few mint leaves
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp jaggery
• Juice of 1/2 a lime
• 2 tsps ghee
• 4tsp oil
• salt to taste
• 3tsp chilli powder

Method:

1. Put the chopped onions and 2 green chilli in a bowl with the vinegar and set aside.
2. Make slits on the chicken legs.
3. Dry roast the spices in a pan.
4. Put the spices in a mortar and pestle and grind into a nice powder.
5. Dry roast the ginger,garlic and green chillies.
6. Mix this in with the powder and grind into a nice paste.
7. Add some mint leaves,jaggery and juice of 1/2 a lime to this spice paste along salt and chilli powder.
8. Pour a few teaspoons of ghee onto the chicken and rub in the marinate. Put into the fridge for whole night.Then bring the chicken to room temperature.
9. Heat a kadai with some oil and fry the chicken on a high flame till nicely colored, turn down the heat and fry gently,until it's a nice golden brown colour.
10. Baste with ghee/butter and lime juice and cook till the chicken is tender and cooked perfectly.
11. Serve hot with the onion green chilli vinegar sauce.