Thursday 25 September 2014

SPICY DRY CHICKEN

SPICY DRY CHICKEN - VIDYA NAYAK SHENOY

( Spl thanks to Shireen Sequeira for her blog )
Ingredients:
1 kg chicken 
15 dry red chillies deseeded * see notes
1 medium ripe tomato (about 1/2 cup pieces) pulp/seeds removed
3 small-med onions sliced (about 1-1/2 cups of slices)
1 inch (about 2 teaspoons) ginger grated
2 fat cloves of garlic (about 1 teaspoon) grated/chopped
2-3 tsp vinegar (adjust to taste)
salt to taste


Method:
1. Cut the chicken in medium sized pieces, wash and drain well (if you have the time marinate it in 1 tsp salt and keep aside).
2. Transfer the chicken into a big pan and add about 1/4 cup of water and salt (if you have not marinated it with salt before). Boil the chicken till it is cooked but not very tender (or it will begin to shred if overcooked).
2. While the chicken is boiling fry the onions in a non stick pan till golden brown. Take care not to burn them. Remove and keep aside.
3. Powder the chilli skins without using any water (use a dry grinding jar) to as fine a powder as possible. Keep aside. Next, grind the tomato and keep aside. Rinse the grinding jar with approximately 1/4cup of water and retain this water.
4. Once the chicken is boiled, remove the pieces onto a plate and retain the stock.
5. In a large frying pan heat some oil and lightly fry the chicken pieces till they turn golden on all sides.
6. Reduce the heat (or remove the pan briefly from the heat) and add the ground chilli powder - if the pan is too hot there are chances that the powder will burn and cause the dish to taste bitter, so be careful. Add in the ginger and garlic and mix well till all the pieces are coated well with this mixture. Fry on a low heat for 2 mins.
7. Now add the fried onions, ground tomato paste and vinegar (start from 1 teaspoon and increase it - the sourness required depends on how sour the tomato is). Mix everything well and add the chicken chicken stock in parts if you like it dry. Cook with the pan uncovered till the gravy thickens.
If you want some gravy, add the stock in one go, simmer and remove from fire.
8. Serve hot with rice or chapathis


Notes:
For a moderately spicy chicken I used 8 kashmiri and 4 bedgi chillies (a total of 12 chillies). If you like it spicy use just one variety of chillies. Remember that Kashmiri chillies give a great colour but are less spicy than the Bedgi/Byadge/Kumti chillies. A combination of both is simply great, so I would recommend using a combo.

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