Desi Style Chilly Chicken
chicken, indian
2 lb boneless, skinless chicken
1 marinade:
1 egg (beat it well!)
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger/garlic stirfry paste
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 making the gravy:
2 onions
1 bell pepper
4 green chillies
1 masalas:
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon ginger/garlic stirfry mix
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1 oil:
3 tablespoon oil
1 mustard seeds
1 jeera
1 cinnamon sticks
Here is a recipe I came up with, which is a slight modification of a chinese chilly chicken recipe which I found on the web. I thought that the original recipe was a bit too bland and didnt pack the punch which we desis love .
Step I Preparing the Marinate
Take ~2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken (Wash the chicken with warm water to soften it) Cut it into fairly small pieces, ~ 1 inch X 1 inch X 0.25 inches Mix up the thick marinate: Put the cut chicken into the marinate; mix thoroughly until all the pieces are coated with a uniform, consistent thin film of marinate. Cover the vessel and keep it aside. Step II Making the gravy
Chop the following vegetables very fine: Onions(not too large, not too small) Bell Pepper(capsicum) Green chillies(depending on how hot you want it to be) Mix the following masalas with a lille water to form a paste: (please note that the quantities you add depend on personal preference) Red chilly powder Coriander powder ginger/garlic stir-fry mix garam masala Heat up the oil(3-4 Tb.sp) Put in some: mustard seeds jeera Cinnamon sticks. After the seeds start popping, add the onions Fry the onions until they become opaque and start turning golden brown Add the green chillies and stir for 2-3 minutes Add the masala paste and salt(1 t.sp), mix and fry for ~5-6 mins Add the bell peppers, and deep fry until the bell peppers become translusent and start to dissolve
Add 3 t.sps of soy sauce, mix everything well, cover the vessel, turn the heat setting down to low and leave it(check on it once in a while to make sure it doesnt get burnt) Step III Frying the chicken
By this time, the chicken should be well marinated. Heat up quite a bit of oil in a seperate frying pan Deep fry all the chicken pieces carefully untill they are fully cooked. Turn them over once in a while so that both surfaces become lightly brown. You might have to fry it in batches- take each batch aside and keep it aside on a plate. After all the chickn has been deep-fried, add it all into the gravy, mix well and cook in low heat for 15 mins.
It should be ready to serve, but check and make sure the salt and spice levels are OK.
~Balky (The Debo-Nair) Balakrishnan G. Nair balakris@hp-157.cae.wisc.edu (Balakrishnan G Nair) soc.culture.indian
Yield: 1 servings