Street Food Style Chicken Fry Recipe - Thattukadai Chicken Fry Recipe

Chicken fry or fried chicken has been my all time favorite. Specially the street side south indian ones, Those crispy masala coated chicken which has a spicy exterior and a juicy interior, thinking of it makes my mouth water. I know it is not hygiene to buy them from those street side shops, the thing which concern me a lot is the oil which they use for frying them. I know they keep on frying in the same oil again and again. So i stopped buying them and started to make fried chicken at home.

I would never say that fried chicken is healthy, but atleast when you make them at home, specially with good quality sunflower oil available in the market, these would be a little on the safer side. After all these kind of dishes are guilty pleasures right!

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 15 mins
Marinating Time : Overnight
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves: 5 to 6

Ingredients:

For Frying Chicken:
Chicken - 1 kg with bones
Lemon Juice or Vinegar - 1/4 cup
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder - 1 tblspn
Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying

For Grinding:
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 cup chopped
Mint Leaves - 1/2 cup chopped
Curry leaves - a handful
Ginger - 3 tblspn
Garlic - 6 to 8 cloves

Method:

Grind all ingredients given to a smooth paste. Take chicken in a bowl, add all ingredients except oil and rice flour along with the ground masala and mix well. Leave to marinate for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.

Before frying, add rice flour and mix well. Now drop this in hot oil and fry till golden for 8 to 10 mins. Drain and set aside.

Serve.

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