Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe - Indian Style
Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe is a wonderful twist to regular chilli chicken recipe. Made with Indian spices and a generous topping of fried onions and curry leaves
Ingredients
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1 kg Chicken
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Salt
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to taste
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1 tablespoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
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4 tablespoons Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
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chopped
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5 Green Chillies
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chopped
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adjust to taste
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2 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
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2 Cloves (Laung)
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2 tablespoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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1 Garlic
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2-1/2 inch Ginger
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grated
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1 Onion
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sliced
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15 Curry leaves
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1 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
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4 tablespoons Corn flour
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1 tablespoon All Purpose Flour (Maida)
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1 Egg white
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Oil
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to deep fry
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe, Clean chicken and chop them to bite sized pieces
Step 2
and slice the onions as well
Step 3
In a kadai, heat about 2 teaspoons oil and cumin seeds and wait for a few seconds till they sizzle
Step 4
Immediately add ginger, garlic, green chillies, cinnamon sticks, and cloves to roast well till the chillies brown a bit
Step 5
Once it is done, in a mixer, add the roasted masalas and coriander leaves into it and grind them into fine thick paste
Step 6
You can add a bit of water to make a paste
Step 7
Keep this paste aside for later use
Step 8
In a large mixing bowl, add chicken pieces and put in salt, curd/yogurt into it
Step 9
Add the ground thick masala paste, turmeric powder, corn flour, maida, egg white and stir nicely until the chicken gets coated evenly with all the ingredients
Step 10
Keep this chicken mixture to marinate for about 4 hours in the refrigerator
Step 11
Once the chicken is marinated for 4 hours, heat enough oil to deep fry, in a deep frying pan
Step 12
Once the oil is hot enough, drop the chicken pieces one by one into the deep frying pan on a low flame to allow them to crisp up
Step 13
Now once the chicken pieces turn to golden brown colour, take them off from the pan onto a kitchen towel
Step 14
Fry all the chicken in batches until they are crisp and golden brown
Step 15
Once all the chicken is fried, in the same hot oil, deep fry the onion slices and curry leaves till crisp, on a medium high heat
Step 16
While serving, serve crispy fried chicken and top it with some fried onions and curry leaves
Step 17
Serve Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe as a side dish with the main meal of steamed rice and Milagu Rasam (Village Style Pepper Rasam) Recipe for dinner with friends and family