Chicken 65

INGREDIENTS:

1. 500 grams medium sized boneless chicken
2. 2 tsp Red chili powder
3. 2 tsp Salt
4. ½ tsp black pepper powder
5. 2-3 pinch Ajino moto (optional)
6. 1 ½ tbsp ginger garlic paste
7. Red color – 2 pinch (optional)
8. ½ tsp Turmeric powder
9. 3 tbsp cornflour
10. 2 Eggs
11. 15 Green Chillies
12. 1 bunch Curry leaves (In case you don’t find curry leaves, you can replace it with lime zest and add it to your chicken while marination)
13. 2 tsp red chili sauce 

Step 1:

• Wash the chicken pieces well & add the dry ingredients to it – i.e. 2 tsp red chili powder, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 1 tsp salt, 2 pinch Ajinomoto (optional), 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste, ½ tsp turmeric powder, mix well.
• Add 2 eggs, 2 pinch red color (optional) mix well & lastly, add 3 tbsp corn flour (set it aside the marinated chicken for at least 1- 3 hours!
• In a pan, heat oil, add slit 15 green chilies & curry leaves till it becomes brown in color and keep it aside for future use.
• In the same oil, deep fry the marinated chicken pieces.

Step 2:

• After frying, remove excess oil from the pan & leave about 3 TBSP oil in the pan & lower the flame.
• Whisk ½ cup yogurt with salt, black pepper, coriander powder (optional), red color (optional) & add it to the oil, let it cook for about a minute, then add 2 tsp red chili sauce. Let it cook for about 30 seconds.
• On a high flame, add the fried chicken, fried slit green chilies & curry leaves from first step here & mix well until it soaks. 

Your juicy, delicious chicken 65 is ready! You can serve it as a snack or  a starter or as a part of your main course with paratha or simply with rice & curry! 

If you want it to be gravy, add extra yogurt in step 2 & close the stove in 2 minutes just so the chicken soaks in desired amount of yogurt while you have some left as gravy!.