Kerala Style Chilli Chicken

Ingredients

1.5 lb chicken, cleaned and cut into small pieces

To Fry

3 tbsp all purpose flour
2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
2 eggs
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
11/2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp green chilli sauce
salt to taste
oil to fry
water if needed

To make the gravy

2 large onion, ground to smooth paste without adding water
1 tsp garlic paste
7 green chillies, chopped into medium pieces
2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
4 tbsp tomato sauce
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp green chilli sauce
11/2 tsp pepper powder
salt to taste
2 tbsp oil (the oil that was used to fry the chicken can be reused)

Preparation

1. Make a smooth paste with all the ingredients mentioned in the "to fry" section and marinate the chicken with this and keep aside for an hour.

2. Heat oil in a kadai and fry the chicken until they turn light brown in color. Keep them aside.

3. Now heat 2tbsp oil in a large vessel and put the chopped green chillies to this and fry for a minute.

4. Add the onion and garlic paste to this and fry for 10 minutes in medium heat.

5. After that, add kashmiri chilli powder and fry for a minute.

6. Now add the fried chicken pieces to this and mix well.

7. Add the tomato sauce, soy sauce ,green chilli sauce and pepper powder to this and mix well gently. (You can add salt at this stage if required)

8.  Cook for another 15 minutes, stirring continuously and turn off the heat.