chicken manchurian

Chicken manchurian 

Ingredients 

Chicken - 300g

Red chilli -4- 5

Corn flour - 2 Tsp for batter and 1 tsp for slurry

Maida or all purpose flour - 2 Tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tsp for batter and 1 tsp for gravy

Ginger - 1tsp

Garlic - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 big finely chopped

Capsicum - 1 small finely chopped

Tomato sauce -1 Tsp

Soya sauce - 1 tsp

Vinegar - 1tsp

Spring onion

Oil for frying

Salt

Method

To boiled water,add red chillies. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Once cooled, grind it to a fine paste to make the red chilli paste.

Heat oil in a pan, add  the ground chilli paste,  saute till the oil separates. Move it to a bowl.

Marination 

Make a medium thick batter with cornflour,  maida ,pepper powder and salt. 

Coat the chicken pieces with the batter. Fry them to a golden brown  and remove them on to a tissue to soak up the  excess oil.

Heat oil in a pan , add  finely chopped ginger and garlic. saute it to soft state, add onion and capsicum saute to translucent state.

To it add  red chilli paste, tomato sauce,soya sauce, pepper powder, vinegar and salt.

Add the cornflour slurry  and the chicken pieces.  Mix thoroughly.

Add hot water to adjust the consistency of gravy .

Finish with chopped  spring onion and cook for 2 minutes and serve it hot...🔥