Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Kerala Style Fried Chicken


There are many Indian Restaurant around where we live so I hardly cook any Indian food at home. If we want Indian food we just go to the restaurant. I was looking through my cookbooks the other day and came across a Best Ever Indian Cookbook that I bought a long time ago and totally forgotten about it. While flipping through the pages many of the recipes attract my attention. The first is this particular dish. Since I plan to cook nasi lemak for dinner so I thought this dish will goes well with it. The recipe said to deep fry it but I just shallow fried them. The chicken is crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside and with great spices flavor. No regret trying it out.




Ingredients:
Adapted from Best Ever Indian Cookbook

2 pound of chicken
2 sprig curry leaves
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp rice flour

Marinate:

1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp fennel powder
½ tsp coriander powder
1 tbsp lime juice
Salt to taste


1. Remove chicken skin, fats, clean, cut into small pieces and pat dry. Mix all the ingredients for the marinate together. Spread the marinate all over the chicken and let it marinate in the fridge for at least an hour.
2. Heat up a heavy bottom frying pan. Add about an inch of vegetable oil for shallow fry. If you want to deep fry it you need to add more oil to it.
3. Mix the 2 types of flour together and add it to the chicken. Mix it well. Once the oil is hot enough shallow fry the chicken over medium low heat. Turn the chicken around a few times while frying for even browning. When the chicken is nearly done add the curry leaves and continue to fry until the chicken pieces are cook and golden brown.
4. Remove the chicken and drain the oil on paper towel. Serve hot or at room temperature.


Note: If you like chicken skin you can always leave it on.

15 comments:

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

OH, enjoy this fried chicken with nasi lemak, sure very yummy, hehehe..

Unknown said...

I love spices and this dish sure great to with rice.

The Sudden Cook said...

Looks so yummy!

Elin Chia said...

Looks delish, I just bought some garam masala. I will try this out :) Gert,thanks for sharing the recipe

mui mui said...

Hi Gertrude,
This Indian fried chicken look so so good.
I am going to try this out.
Thanks for sharing.
mui

Medeja- CranberryJam said...

This marinade sounds super delicious!

Awayofmind Bakery House said...

Gertrude, I love Indian food as they loaded with spices, this fried chicken looks yummy!

PH said...

Wow, Gertrude! I love spicy fried chicken. And goodness, you cooked nasi lemak and that is a fantastic combination!

Shereen said...

I love fried chicken but so lazy to fry them myself. Hate the spatters!

Lisa Ho said...

Oh My...tasty looking chicken yummmsss :D
Love love Fried chicken but don't quite like deep frying :(, maybe I can try 'frying' in my Actifry :D

Esther Lau said...

Yummylicious!!! Especially serve with nasik lemak :)

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lena said...

i was thinking of making a kerala curry , hope i can make it on time for submission..nowadays getting lazier. I truly believe your kerala fried chicken is good with nasi lemak.

My Little Space said...

Oh boy, your kerala chicken looks so good with nasi lemak.
Kristy

Tracy said...

Hi Gertrude, I often surf your blog silently and find it very interesting. I pan fried the chicken and it was superb. Thanks again for your generous sharing.
Tracy