Chicken 65 | South India style Chicken 65

Chicken 65 is a spicy dish, soft and juicy from inside and crispy from outside. Makes a great starter for any party.This dish can be made with bone or boneless chicken.

Ingredients:
For marination:

250 grms of  chicken (bone or boneless)
2 tablespoon  yogurt
2 tablespoon corn flour / rice flour
1 tablespoon  kashmiri chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon ginger and garlic paste
1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
salt

For seasoning:
sprig of curry leaves
1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
2-3 garlic cloves finely chopped
2-3 green chillies
oil

Method:

• Wash and clean chicken pieces in water. Drain out the water completely then taken them into a mixing bowl.
• Add yogurt, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, pepper powder and some salt.
• Mix everything well then add corn or rice flour to the mixture and coat well ( if needed add little water)
• Rest the marinated mixture for 30 minutes
• Heat a pan, add some oil ( can deep fry or shallow fry)
• Then add the marinated chicken pieces into the hot oil ( flame should be on low)
• Turn the pieces once it starts changing the colour.
• Fry till all the pieces turns golden brown.
• Then take out the pieces and drain out the excess oil into the kitchen towel.
• Finally take another pan add some oil, once hot add mustard seeds let it crackle then add curry leaves, green chillies and finely chopped garlic.
• Saute till the garlic turns golden brown, then add the fried chicken pieces and mix all together nicely for a minute.
• Switch off the flame and serve with some onion and lemon wedge.

Pictorial:

                         Take washed and cleaned tender chicken in a mixing bowl

To that add yogurt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, ginger and garlic paste, salt and pepper powder. Mix everything nicely then add corn flour or rice flour, mix again and coat well ( if needed add little water)

                            Rest for 30 minutes so that all the masala get infused into the chicken pieces.

Heat a pan add oil and fry the marinated chicken ( deep or shallow fry). Fry on low flame till they are golden brown from all sides.

      Once they are nice golden brown and nicely cooked drain out the pieces on a paper towel.

Heat a small pan for seasoning. Add little oil, mustard seeds once it starts spluttering add curry leaves, slit green chillies and finely chopped garlic. Saute nicely until garlic turn golden brown.

Now add the chicken pieces to the seasoning and mix everything for a minute.

                Enjoy this spicy chicken served along with lemon and onion wedge.

Notes:

1. You can use bone or boneless chicken for this recipe.
2. For extra spicy use regular red chilli powder, kashmiri chilli powder adds little colour to this dish.
3. You can also add food colour.
4. You can add finely chopped curry leaves or cilantro while marinating.