To begin making the Murgh Masala recipe, wash the chicken legs thoroughly and pat dry it with a kitchen towel.

In a small bowl, mix lemon juice & salt and apply this mixture on the chicken pieces to tenderize the meat. Keep the chicken rested for 5 minutes. 

Separately in another mixing bowl, combine ginger garlic paste, curd and kashmiri chilli powder to make the marinade for Murgh Masala. Add the chicken to this, cover and marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes. 

Heat a pan on low flame, add mustard oil, place the chicken in the pan along with the cinnamon sticks. Fry the chicken on both sides and this process will take a good 10 minutes. 

After the chicken legs are pan fried, take them out of the pan and rest them on a plate.

In a the same pan, add cardamom, bay leaf and saute for a minute. Next, add onions and saute the onions until they become translucent. This will take about 3-4 minutes. 

Once the onions are cooked, add all the spice powders including turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt as per your taste. 

Saute all the spices together until they are well combined. Next add the tomato puree and honey and mix it well along with the masalas. 

Place the chicken legs back into the pan and mix until all the masala gets coated well on to the chicken legs. 

Make sure the heat is on low and let the chicken legs cook in the masala for another 15 minutes. Keep tossing the chicken legs in the masala in regular intervals to make sure that the chicken does not burn. 

Turn off the flame and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Murgh Masala is ready to be served

Serve Murgh Masala along with phulkas and Tadka Raita for scrumptious Indian dinner. If you are looking for an easy chicken recipe for dinner, you should definitely try this one.