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Chicken 65

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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 5h
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 pounds fresh boneless skinless chicken (cut in bite size pieces)
  • Oil (one cup, for deep frying)
  • FOR MARINADE
  • 1/2 cup yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon mashed fresh gingerroot
  • 1 teaspoon mashed fresh garlic
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • TO COAT MARINATED CHICKEN
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • 1 tablespoon rice flour
  • FOR TEMPERING
  • 1 tablespoon oil (cooking oil)
  • Curry leaves (1 sprig, optional - it can go as high as handful)
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot
  • 5 green chilies (jalapeno slit length wise)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Marinate bite sized pieces of chicken in the ingredients called for marinade for 4 hours. Keep aside.

  • Step 2: After marinating the chicken, add egg, cornstarch, salt to taste and rice flour to coat the chicken. Add a tbsp of water if required.

  • Step 3: Heat oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, add a few chicken pieces into the oil without crowding the pan,

  • Step 4: Once the chicken is almost cooked, increase heat and deep fry the chicken pieces till golden brown. Remove onto paper towels.

  • Step 5: Repeat with rest of the chicken pieces. In last batch of chicken, deep fry curry leaves also.

  • Step 6: Heat a skillet. Add a tbsp of oil. Add garlic and ginger and saute for a few seconds. Add curry leaves and green chilies, saute for a few secs.

  • Step 7: Add the deep fried chicken and toss well. Cook for 2 minutes.

  • Step 8: Add the yogurt mixture and cook on low, mixing the contents well.

  • Step 9: Toss the chicken till the yogurt dries up and the chicken absorbs the yogurt mix.

  • Step 10: Remove onto a serving plate. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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