Quilon Fried Chicken..! Kerala spiced fried chicken with crispy batter scraps on top..! A restaurant style easy fried chicken recipe.. this is CHEF SURESH PILLAI Recipe.
This recipe was shared by chef himself on his Intsa page.
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| Quilon Chicken Fry |
INGREDIENTS :
FIRST MARINATE:
- Chicken cut in to medium pieces- 500 g
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
- Kashmiri chilly powder -1 tbsp
- Coriander powder-2 tbsp
- Salt- to taste
- Garlic hand crushed with skin - 3cloves
Marinate the chicken ( with first marinade) for 10-20 minutes
In a pot add water and cover and cook the chicken until 60-70% is done.
Cool down the chicken for 10 mins in the same broth and keep aside.
SECOND MARINATION
- Ginger, garlic and green chilies paste- 30gm (add green chilies according to your spice level)
- Egg- 1
- Corn flour- 3 Tbsp
- Maida - 3 Tbsp
- Kashmiri chilly powder- 2 tbsp
- Coriander powder- 3 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Black pepper powder - 2 tsp
- Garam Masala powder- 1 tsp
- Chopped curry leaves - few
- Salt to taste
- Lime juice - 1 lime
In a bowl mix all the ingredients with water and make very smooth (loose) batter and add the cooked chicken and keep aside for 10 minutes.
FOR FRYING
- Coconut oil/ sunflower oil - enough for the frying
- Curry leaves- few
- Green chilies slitted - 3
- Garlic cloves sightly crushed - 6
- Heat a large Kadai or frying pan add oil and bring to high temperature for frying
- Add the marinated chicken in batches depends on the size of the pan, fry them until crispy
- Now add few curry leaves, green chilies and garlic just before the chicken is done and remove from oil and drain it
- Pour the remaining loose batter on oil in batches and fry them as crisp
- garnish the chicken.
* Batter need to be loose, NOT to coat the chicken like pakoda
