Chettinaad Chicken Fry Recipe

"Chettinaad Chicken"is a Classic Indian recipe from the region of Chettinaad which belongs to Sivaganga district of southern Tamil Nadu. Chettinaad Chicken is either made in gravy form,dry or fry.Be it fish,chicken or mutton chettinaad preparations,the flavours of freshly ground spices such as onions,curry leaves ,ginger-garlic,peppers and chilies and with liberal amount of oil makes every chettinaad preparation a speciality. So today i have tried preparing Chettinaad Chicken Fry by Chef Sanjeev Kapoor .

Since today is Mother's Day i thought let me treat my Mom and my son with something special and yummy.When i first tried Chettinaad chicken fry i just loved the crispy and spicy flavour, so i again wanted my mommy to Try the taste of Chettinaad in Goa.

Servings 4
Total Preparation Time :2 hrs 40 min
Cooking Time :40 min

Ingredients
1 Kg Chicken cut into medium
6 Dried red chilies
Few pepper corns
5-6 Flakes of garlic
1 Inch of Ginger
2 Medium size of onions
1 Stick of fresh curry leaves
2 Table spoon of rice flour
1 Lime juice
1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
1 Green chili for extra spice
Salt as per taste
Oil for shallow frying

Method

• First wash Chicken and drain out the water well.Apply salt and keep aside.
• In Mixer jar add red chilies,onions chopped,ginger -garlic,pepper corns,turmeric,green chili and curry leaves.Grind the spices into fine paste.
• Apply the ground paste to chicken,also add lime juice and rice flour to the chicken.
• Mix all the ingredients well into the chicken and keep aside to marinate for 2 hours or more.
• Than spread oil in pan and fry chicken on slow and later on medium flame till crispy or till the masala coats well to the chicken pieces.
• Serve Hot as a appetizer or side dish.