Chicken 65 🌶️

Chicken 65 – a spicy fried chicken Indian dish which is garnished with onions and lemon. The main flavor of this dish can be attributed to chilies 🌶️ used in it.

Now to the name “Chicken 65” – there are many theories 🤔. One claim is that the dish contains 65 chilies , another claims that the meat to be used must be from a 65 - day - old chicken 😵; while others claim that it means 65 pieces of chicken.

Whatever it may be , all I can say is that the dish is spicy, tasty and delicious. 😋

Ingredients :

For marinating chicken pieces :

• 450 gms diced chicken breast

• 1 ½ tsp ginger garlic paste

• 1 ½ tsp chilli powder

• 1 tsp coriander powder

• 1 tsp garam masala

• 2 tsp lemon juice

• 2 tsp corn flour

• 1 egg

• Salt to taste

For the curry mix :

• 2 tsp oil

• ¼ tsp cumin seeds

• 1 tsp mustard seeds

• 10 – 15 curry leaves

• 1 cup sliced onions

• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

• 1 chopped green chilli

• 1 tsp chilli paste 🌶️

• ½ cup water

• ½ tsp garam masala

• 2 tsp corn flour water

• ½ tsp lemon juice

• Few chopped coriander

Method

• In a bowl , add diced chicken pieces and all the spices such as ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala .Add lemon juice , corn flour, whole egg and salt to taste and mix all well.

• Now in a pan, pour oil and add the marinated chicken pieces and let the chicken pieces fry well . After this , transfer the fried chicken pieces from the pan to a plate and set it aside.

• In another pan, pour oil and add cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Then add curry leaves, onions, ginger garlic paste, green chilli , chilli paste and salt to taste and saute well. You need to cook till the onions are translucent and change color to light brown.

• Add water, garam masala and corn flour water and saute well. Now add the fried chicken pieces and cook well .

Enjoy this spicy dish with your friends and family.