Chicken Kalya

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, 8 pieces
• 1-1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ginger paste
• 2 tsp. green chili paste
• 1 tsp. cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
• 2 pieces cinnamon, broken
• 3-4 cloves
• 4-5 cardamoms
• 2 small potatoes, cut into 8 slices each
• 4 small eggs, boiled
• 1-1/2 cups yogurt
• 1/2 cup fried onions, crushed
• 6-8 strands saffron, crushed and soaked in 1/4 cup water.
• 8 whole, blanched almonds
• 10 raisins
• 4 dried plums (aalu bhukaray)
• Cooking oil