Chicken Pakora
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Spicy, crunchy chicken pakora is great for parties.
Author: Ash
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- Chicken breast cut to pieces- 1 pound
- 1 tbsp rice flour(smooth kind)
- 2 tbsp chickpea flour
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 2 tsp chilli powder(more or less depending on your spice)
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp coriander powder
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt(or to taste)
- a pinch of red food coloring (optional)
- Oil for deep frying
- ½ large onion thinly sliced
- 1 or 2 jalepenos
Instructions
- Wash, dry and dice the chicken into 1 inch pieces. Put it in a large bowl.
- To the chicken, add the cornflour, rice flour, chickpea flour, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, ginger garlic paste, egg, red food color and salt. Mix everything well. All the chicken has to be coated well.
- Let it marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- In a deep dish, add the oil and let it heat up.
- Deep fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes on medium high heat and take it out and drain it on a paper towel.
- In a flat bottomed pan, add a teaspoon of oil. Add the chopped onions and jalapenos. Salt/Pepper it and saute it for a minute or two. Add the chicken and toss everything and SERVE hot with some chutney or as is.
Notes
Sauce: Almond butter, sriracha and grated garlic.
You can serve it with some green chutney.
You can fry them up hours before the party and keep it uncovered in the oven, they stay good.
To Make Chilli Chicken:
1 onion very thinly diced
2-3 whole green chillies slit
1 tsp fresh ginger garlic paste
10-20 curry leaves
pepper powder
2 scallions or green onions thinly sliced
2 tsp oil
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp chili sauce
1 tsp sweet and sour sauce
In a pan add, add oil, curry leaves and onion and fry till it browns fully and add ginger garlic paste. Then add green chilies and all the sauces. Let it cook and boil on low heat and add the scallions. Let it dry out. Then add the fried chicken pakodas.
You can serve it with some green chutney.
You can fry them up hours before the party and keep it uncovered in the oven, they stay good.
To Make Chilli Chicken:
1 onion very thinly diced
2-3 whole green chillies slit
1 tsp fresh ginger garlic paste
10-20 curry leaves
pepper powder
2 scallions or green onions thinly sliced
2 tsp oil
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp chili sauce
1 tsp sweet and sour sauce
In a pan add, add oil, curry leaves and onion and fry till it browns fully and add ginger garlic paste. Then add green chilies and all the sauces. Let it cook and boil on low heat and add the scallions. Let it dry out. Then add the fried chicken pakodas.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2015/12/28/chicken-pakora/