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.
