CHICKEN FRY

Ingredients

1.      Chicken legs -4

2.      Ginger -small piece

3.      Garlic -8-10

4.      Small onion - 4 or ½ big onion

5.      Kashmiri chilly dry -15 soaked in warm water for a few mins

6.      Fennel powder -1tbsp

7.      Black pepper -1tbsp

8.      Curry leaves a few

9.      Tamarind pulp -1tbsp

10.  Turmeric powder

11.  Salt

12.  Oil for shallow frying – ¼ cup

Method

1.    Grind the soaked chilly, ginger, garlic, fennel, turmeric, curry leaves, pepper, salt and tamarind to fine paste.

2.      Wash and clean the chicken legs, drain the water completely, make small slits on the chicken, then marinate with the ground paste and keep aside for1hr.

3.    Heat oil in a pan well before frying, (do not fry chicken in low fire as this will make the coating soggy and oily) fry either shallow or deep till the chicken pieces become crispy outside and soft inside.

4.      Serve hot squeezing lime juice and decorate with sliced onions.