Spicy Kerala Fried Chicken

Ingredientsfor 6 servings

• 2 Lbs Chicken — cut into small pieces
• 2 nos Onion — thinly sliced
• 2 sprig Curry leaves
• 4 nos Green chillies
• Oil — for deep frying
• 1/4 cup Onion
• 1 nos Egg
• 3 tbsp Ginger
• 3 tbsp Garlic
• 4 nos Green chillies
• 1 sprig Curry leaves
• 2 tbsp Lime juice
• 2 tbsp Soya sauce
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp Chilly powder
• 2 tbsp Coriander powder
• 1 nos Cinnamon (Karugapatta)
• 3 nos Cloves (Grambu)
• 3 nos Cardamom (Elakka)
• 1 tbsp Fennel seeds (Perinjeerakam)
• 1/2 tbsp Pepper corns Kurumulaku
• 1/4 cup Cornflour
• 1/4 tsp Ajinomotto — optional
• Salt, to taste

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Grind all the ingredients for marinade in the food processor until smooth.

2. Step 2

   Pour this over the chicken pieces and let it marinate overnight or atleast 5 hrs.

3. Step 3

   Heat up the oil in a pan.

4. Step 4

   Fry the marinated chicken pieces in it till chicken goes golden brown.

5. Step 5

   After all the chicken is fried, heat up the same pan with the remaining oil.

6. Step 6

   Fry the thinly sliced onion, curry leaves and green chillies till crisp.

7. Step 7

   Mix the chicken with the fried onion and curry leaves. Serve hot.