Fried Chicken (Nepali Style)


recipe/pic source Suraj Tamang









Ingredients:
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500 gms Kg Chicken (Cut into 3-4 big pieces)
6 Green Chilly
2 tomatoes
3-4 medium tomato
100 gms Garlic/Ginger
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seed
1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder
1 Teaspoon Red Chili Powder
1 Teaspoon Cumin Powder
1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
1 lime
Salt to taste.
Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

Mustard Oil as required.





Marinating Process:
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Put chicken pieces in one bowl and put little turmeric, salt, very little Mustard Oil and squeeze one lemon on it. Now mix it nicely and keep it for refrigeration for 1-2 hours.

Preparation Process:
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- Grind Tomato, Onion, green chili, ginger,garlic together and make fine paste and keep it aside.
- Add good amount of mustard oil on frying pan and fry the chicken pieces on slow flame till it nicely fried. Keep the fried pieces aside.
- Remove excess oil if u want and add some cumin seeds & green chili (slit in between) and saute it for sometime.
- Prepare a liquid mixture of masala by adding Turmeric, Coriander, Red Chill & Cumin power in a cup with little bit of water (The whole idea of preparing this liquid mixture is the avoid burning the spices if added directly in hot oil) and add this liquid mixture in pan and fry it for sometime.
- Now add the fine paste to the pan and cover the lid. Fry all masala till cooked properly.
- Add fried chicken into masala and fry it for another 10-15 mins on low flame. You can add little water and steer in between.
- Switch off the flame and add finely chopped Coriander leaves to garnish it.