Wash the chicken with salt and keep aside.

In a kadai, add sunflower oil. When it is hot, add the spices, cinnamon stick, cardamom, star anise, cloves, fennel seeds. Fry them a little.

Add the finely chopped onions and fry them till translucent.

Add the tomatoes now and saute them.

When the onion and tomatoes becomes soft, transfer half the content of the onion - tomato mixture to another bowl and allow it to cool down.

To the remaining mixture in the kadai, add the chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, turmeric powder and mix it well to make a masala.

Now add the chicken pieces and coat them well with the masala. Allow to cook them in low flame.

Now when the remaining other half of the onion tomato mixture cools down, transfer it to the blender and grind to a smooth paste.

Now mix them ground paste to the chicken and mix them well. Add little water. ( Do not add more, as the chicken tends to leave water while cooking ).