Thattukada Chicken Fry

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken

2 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

2 tsp ginger-garlic paste

1/4 tsp rice flour

4 kashmiri dry red chillies, crushed

1 1/2 tsp ginger, crushed

1 1/2 garlic, crushed

2 tbsp curry leaves, crushed

juice of a small lime

salt to taste

3-4 green chillies, slit

few curry leaves

oil for frying

Preparation:

1. Cut and clean chicken into pieces.
2. In a bowl, mix kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, ginger-garlic paste, rice flour, crushed kashmiri red chillies, crushed ginger, crushed garlic, crushed curry leaves, lime juice and salt with cleaned chicken pieces and marinate if for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator.
3. Heat oil in a large frying pan and deep fry the marinated chicken pieces on medium heat.
4. Fry few curry leaves and slit green chillies separately and garnish the fried chicken.. Serve hot...

• Place the fried bits of crushed ginger-garlic and the masala that settle at the bottom of the pan on top of the fried chicken..

Recipe adapted from here