Saturday, January 19, 2013

Spicy Hyderabadi Chicken 65

Spicy Hyderabadi Chicken 65

Chicken 65 is a very popular Hyderabadi deep fried chicken recipe. Like most of us I too am not sure how this recipe got its name primarily because there are so many stories to it.

One story claims that a hotelier prepared the Chicken 65 recipe with1 kilo of chicken using 65 chilies. Another attributes the number 65 to the year when the recipe was introduced and yet another attributes 65 to the age of chicken in days. What ever the story, there is no denying that this recipe is hot and spicy delicious. So without further ado lets get started.

                         
Ingredients

        Boneless chicken – 1/2 kg
        Egg – 1 no
        Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 tbsp
        Red chilly powder  – 1 tsp
        Red food color – 2 pinch
        Corn flour – 2 tbsp
        Green chilly – 8 no (split)
        Curry leaves – 10 no
        Ginger finely chopped –1 tbsp
        Curd/Yogurt – 1 1/2 cup
        Ajinomoto – 1 pinch
        Black Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
        Coriander leaves for garnish
        Oil for deep frying
        Salt to taste

Method

1. Take a bowl. Add ginger garlic paste, food color, salt, chilly powder,       corn-flour, egg, chicken and mix  well. Set aside this marinate for half an       hour.
2. Take a heavy bottom deep frying pan with sufficient oil.
3. When oil is hot, fry the chicken pieces in batches and set aside.
4. Take another nonstick pan. Put 2 tbsp oil, add finely chopped ginger and fry       for 2 min.
5. Put green chilies and sauté for another 2 minutes. Then put curry leaves and       fry till curry leaves turn crispy.
6. Add yogurt and cook for a couple of more minutes. When the curd starts to       bubble, add salt, ajinomoto , food color and then add the fried chicken. Now       increase the heat and mix well.
7. Once you see that the chicken has absorbed 3/4th of the curd, add pepper and       mix well.
8. Continue tossing the chicken slowly without breaking them into smaller pieces.     I would recommend using a wooden spatula. Toss the chicken until all the curd      is absorbed and you are left with almost dry chicken pieces.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.




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