Steps To Make Kerala-Style Chicken Fry

By Team Slurrp

Kerala famous Payyoli Chicken Fry sees chicken pieces marinated with spices, deep-fried and served with parotta. Here's how you make it at home.

Ingredients

1 kg chicken, 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp chilli powder, 10-15 kashmiri red chillies, ½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 4 tbsp grated coconut and coconut pieces, 5 green chillies, 2 tbsp rice flour, 3 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 10-15 curry leaves, and 2 cups coconut oil.

Step 1

Soak the kashmiri red chillies in hot water for 10 minutes and blend it with the green chillies in a mixer grinder

Step 2

Into a mixing bowl add the dry spices with the Kashmiri chilli and green chilly paste, ginger-garlic paste, curry leaves, lemon juice, and salt and turn it into a thick marinade.

Step 3

Score the chicken pieces and add it to the marinade. Marinate for at least an hour.

Step 4

Add the rice flour into it and mix well, this will help the marinade stick to the chicken pieces.

Step 5

Add the coconut oil in a kadhai and fry the marinated chicken pieces in batches.

Step 6

Into the same frying oil, add the grated coconut, some coconut pieces, green chillies and curry leaves and fry them.

Step 7

Garnish the fried chicken with the fried coconut, chillies, and curry leaves and serve hot.