Spicy Kerala Chicken Fry
Ingredients
- Chicken,(medium sized pieces)-500 gms
- Onion,sliced-1/2 cup(one medium sized)
- Curry leaves- 2 sprigs
- Oil-as required
For Masala paste
- Kashmiri chili powder-2 tsp( or to taste)
- Coriander powder-1 tsp
- Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
- Fennel seeds-3/4 to 1 tsp
- Black pepper corns-1/2 to 1 tsp
- Green chilies-1 or 2 nos( according to taste)
- Ginger-1 inch piece
- Garlic-3 to 4 large cloves
- Vinegar-1 tsp
- Water-as required
- Salt-to taste
Directions
- In a blender,combine together all the ingredients listed under ‘For masala paste’ and blend to form a smooth paste.
- Rub this onto the chicken pieces and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- In a heavy bottomed pan cover and cook the marinated chicken until it is 3/4 th done.Keep aside
- Heat oil in a pan( use oil just enough to shallow fry the chicken pieces) and add the cooked chicken pieces , sliced onion and curry leaves,fry until it turns golden brown,carefully turning once or twice in between.
- Add more curry leaves if required.
Serve with rice or chapathi.
11 Comments
Unknown
September 7, 2013 at 1:58 pmCan i bake chicken instead of frying ?
Kurryleaves
September 11, 2013 at 10:49 amYes you can!!Instead of frying ,grill the chicken pieces..
Happy cooking
Vidya
Happy’s Cook
September 7, 2013 at 2:47 pmLooks yummy…., mouthwatering clicks…
Shree
September 7, 2013 at 11:27 pmheavenly pictures ! What a great looking fry that is !
raj
March 13, 2014 at 5:36 pmHi
I didn't get the 3rd step, about cooking 3/4. How do I cook chicken without adding water?
Kurryleaves
March 13, 2014 at 6:27 pmYou don't have to add water while cooking the chicken,as the meat will let out water as it cooks.
raj
March 14, 2014 at 5:59 amSorry ya, can you please explain a bit further how to cook the marinated chicken?
Kurryleaves
March 31, 2014 at 11:56 amOkie…what you have to do is ,place the marinated chicken in a heavy bottomed pan.Cover with the lid and cook for about 20 to 25 minutes on a medium flame or until chicken is soft or is almost done and the masala coats the chicken pieces well.(Check in between and give it a stir to avoid burning.)
Then heat oil in another pan and shallow fry the cooked chicken pieces (+ onion and curry leaves) until it turns golden brown on both sides.
( anyways…ill try and include step by step pictures for this recipe …soon)
btw,..Sorry for the delay!!…Regards ..Vidya
You can mail me @ kurryleaves[at]gmail.com,if you have any doubts…okie..
Happy cooking
Vidya!!
raj
April 1, 2014 at 10:30 amThanks Vidya
My wife is pregnant and she was craving for chicken fry! I tried your recipe and it turned out to superb, however, the cooking marinated chicken part got me! I found the chicken pieces bit burned :O, still the fry tasted awesome.
Thank you for the comment, will try again soon.
Regards,
Raj
Unknown
December 19, 2014 at 4:40 amI am going to try this today
Bhavani
February 27, 2016 at 2:53 pmI made this, with the following changes : added two cubes of chedder cheese to the marinade, one fourth TSP of Chinese five spice to the marinade and a spn of olive oil. I also fried onions with coarsly ground fresh cocunt, fried along wit h coconut. Then poured over the cooked chicken. Still tasted very malabari, but the cheese made the masala stick to the chicken better. Ooops forgot a tbspn of powdered jaggery, making the dish very savoury. Overall yummmmm.