Sobat (Painda) Traditional Dish of D.I.Khan (Kulachi) Pakistan

*Chicken pieces  14 to 16 *Oil 1/2 Cup *1/2 Cup Fried Onion or (fry two medium onion) *Red Chili powder 3 tsp *Red flake chili 1/2 tsp (optional) *Turmeric powder 1 tbsp *Garlic paste 2 tbsp *Onions *Tomatoes  *Ginger  *Coriander powder *Garam masala *Salt Directions: Step 1: Add oil, fried onion,turmeric powder & chicken pieces in the cooking pot. After 2 to 3 minutes, add garlic paste & 1 tsp salt. Stir fry until chicken turns golden brown. Cover cooking pot for 2 to 3 minutes and then uncover it. Rotate chicken. If the chicken sticks to the cooking pot, just add 1 tbs of water. Take 1 tomato, 2 medium onions and 1 inch piece of ginger. Make into a paste and then add it on the chicken in the pot. Cook uncovered until all the water evaporates. Take 10 small or 7 medium tomatoes and make into paste, then add paste onto the chicken. Cook until all the water evaporates and the oil separates from the chicken. Take out the chicken pieces from the gravy & add few black cardamom`s  (crack them) and one small cinnamon stick. Step 2 For the chicken pieces, you need to make another gravy in another cooking pot. Add 1/4 cup of  oil into the cooking pot. Then take 3 tomatoes and 1 onion and make into a paste. Add paste in the oil and add 1 teaspoon turmeric powder and red chili powder, salt to taste, and 2 tsp of garlic paste and 1 tsp of ginger paste. Cook on low to medium heat until oil separates from the gravy, add chicken pieces in this gravy and rotate all the chicken pieces in the gravy until all the chicken pieces are covered. Keep on very low heat for 5 minutes. Step 3 Add 12 to 14 measuring cups of water into the Sobat gravy and salt to taste. When Sobat mixture starts boiling, add Coriander powder. After 2 to 3 minutes turn heat on low and sprinkle garam masala on top of Sobat mixture. Step 4 Make small pieces from Manay,  Roti or  Chapati and put them in the kitchen cloth or covered dish. Step 5 Before preparing Sobat, take out upper layer of oil in the bowl from Sobat mixture (soup). Take out black cardamom and cinnamon stick from Sobat mixture. Step 6 Put Manay in the microwave for 20 seconds (only if Manay (roti,Chapati pieces are cold). In the Thaal or deep dish,  pour some sobat mixture,  and put first layer of manay pieces so they can soak in the mixture. Continue to make layers of sobat mixture, Manay and use the oil we took out from the Sobat mixture top layer.  Put the chicken on top. Decorate Sobat with tomatoes slices,lime green chilies. Serve with yogurt dip. For  making yogurt dip you need hand chopped sweet onion, tomato.green chili, green coriander & pinch of salt and black peppers. Mix everything in the yogurt and eat with Sobat.