Chicken Fry

This is a kerala style chicken fry. Here the chicken is marinated in the spice powders and then fried. Then it is served with fried onion, chilies and curry leaves.

Ingredients:
½ lb boneless chicken
½ onion thinly sliced
3 green chillies cut
2 sprigs curry leaves
Pinch of salt
Oil for frying

For marinating chicken:
1 ½ tsp ginger-garlic paste
½ tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp chill powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
½ tsp coriander powder
2 tsp lemon juice
Salt as required

Method:

• Clean the chicken and cut them into small pieces.
• Rub in all the marinating ingredients into the chicken. Marinate the chicken for 4-6 hours or overnight in refrigerator.
• Heat oil in a pan. Shallow fry the chicken on low-medium heat untill it turns brown on all sides. This may take about 10-15 minutes. Drain on paper towel.
• Fry the onions, green chillies and curry leaves in the remaining oil untill the onions turn slightly brown. Add salt now. (If there is more oil after frying chicken remove some before adding onions).
• Now add the fried chicken pieces into this and fry for 2 more minutes.
• Add some freshly squeezed lemon juice on top before serving.