Crispy Kerala chicken fry
Preparation of crispy Kerala chicken fry
Kerala Chicken fry is a deep fried spicy recipe with a dark brown texture. This recipe goes well with different dishes like chapatti, parotta, rice, appam etc. Kerala style chicken fry has a deep fried crispy outer surface and a juicy inside. Cleaned and washed chicken pieces are marinated with a mixture of spicy ingredients and are deep fried in cooking oil to get this delicious recipe. Typically, Chicken drumsticks are preferred for this recipe, but it can also be made with any pieces of your choice. The spicy flavour of this recipe comes with the use of red chilli powder and pepper powder. The use of ginger garlic paste gives away a natural flavour. One or two sprigs of curry leaves are used for a mouth-watering aroma and this would blend in with the magical taste of garam masala and the fennel seeds powder. Small quantity of rice flour or corn starch is added to have a crispy outer surface.
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Ingredients used for Kerala Chicken fry
- 500 gm of medium sized chicken pieces
- Cooking oil for frying
- 2-3 sprigs of curry leaves
- 2 teaspoon of rice powder
Ingredients for marinating
- 1 tablespoon of red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ¼ – ½ teaspoon of black pepper powder
- ½ teaspoon of garam masala
- 1-inch ginger piece
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 4 shallots
- ¼ cup of chopped tomatoes
- Salt for the taste
- Water as per the requirement
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Preparation of crispy Kerala chicken fry
- Clean and wash the chicken pieces in water and keep it aside.
- Take all the marinating ingredients in a blender and ground it with some water to form a smooth paste.
- Marinate the chicken pieces with the above paste. Refrigerate the chicken pieces for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Before frying, add the rice powder to the marinated chicken pieces. Mix it well.
- Heat some oil in a deep frying pan or a non-stick pan. Fry the chicken pieces in a low flame.
- Use a ladle and turn the chicken pieces so that all the sides get evenly fried.
- When all the sides of the chicken pieces are fried to a dark brown texture, add the curry leaves and fry if for few seconds.
- Take off the chicken pieces and keep it in a kitchen paper.
- Sprinkle some lemon juice on top and garnish it with some sliced onion pieces, lemon piece and mint leaves.
- Serve it with chapatti, parotta, rice etc.
