Chicken Curry in Yogurt Gravy

I think this is my posting of first non-vegetarian dish. Not a big fan of non-veg items, but I love this yogurt gravy and this fine gravy can be used as a base for many of the curries. I am making Chicken curry with this gravy, but you can add fish, mushroom, chickpeas etc to make a similar yummy curry.

Ingredients:

1lb Chicken
1 cup yogurt (do not use yogurt or curd that is very sour)
1 onion, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1 small strip Cinnamon
3 cloves
2 cardamom
1 small bay leaf
salt, to taste

Method:

Heat some oil and add cloves, cardamom, Cinnamon and bay leaf. After about a minute, add onion and fry until it turns slightly brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for sometime until the raw smell goes. Now add tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes are tender and start to pulp up. Add red chilly powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt to taste. Mix in a cup of finely beaten yogurt.Add chicken to the above gravy and cook until chiken is well cooked. Goes well with Naan, Roti, chapathi and Rice.