About the Recipe
Masala fried chicken takes me back to my college days. After college, we went to a stall that was right across the street where we got these yummy fried chickens. It was so delicious that my friends and I ended up bingeing almost every day. So thought why not prepare it at home and share it with you all to have the most delicious yet simple recipe for the siders? Check out the easy recipe:
Ingredients
Ingredients:
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500 gms chicken drumsticks
2 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
4tsp hung curd
1 tsp ginger and garlic paste
2 tsp mustard oil or any unflavoured oilÂ
½ tsp dry mint leaves
½ tsp dried fenugreek leavesÂ
½ tsp roasted cumin powder
½ tsp garam masala powder
½ tsp pomegranate powder
2 tsp chickpeas flour or besan or rice flour
Juice of half a lemon
Salt to taste ( roughly 1.5 tsp)
Preparation
Preparation
Step 1: Clean and slit the chicken lengthwise. Now in a bowl add the hung curd, ginger garlic and add all the masalas gradually and mix well.
Step 2 add the chicken and mix well now add the besan or flour of your choice to the chicken and let it rest for 30 min to 1 hour in the fridge.
Step 3: Take a wide pan, and add unflavored oil to fry the chicken.
Step 4: once the oil is hot, gradually add the chicken, Do not overcrowd the pan, leaving room for the chicken to cook well. Cook on medium heat
Step 5: it should take about 10 min on each side for the chicken to cook well and has a beautiful golden crunchy coat.
Step 6: Once the chicken has cooked, remove it from the pan and place it on a plate with tissues to drain excess oil.Â
Step 7: Finally add some chat masala and a drizzle of some lemon juice and serve hot with some naan, or rice and or green mint chutney. Enjoy!!!!Â