Thursday 17 January 2013

Ginger Chicken

An all time Favorite combination with Fried rice and Roti.....

Ingredients (Serves 5 to 6 people)

Boneless Chicken: 500gms
Onion: 2
Finely Chopped Green Chilly: 3 - 4
Ginger Strips or Finely Chopped Ginger: 1 Table Spoon
Soya Sauce: 2 Tea Spoon
Tomato Sauce: 2 Table Spoon
Chilly Sauce: 2 Table Spoon

Red Chilly Powder: 1 Tea Spoon
Oil: 2 Table Spoon and For Deep Frying
Corn Flour: 1 Table Spoon
Warm Water: 1 Cup
Lime Juice: 1 Tea Spoon
Spring Onion: For Garnish
Salt

For Batter

Soya Sauce: 1 Tea Spoon
Ginger Paste: 1 Tea Spoon
Corn Flour: 2 Table Spoon
All purpose Flour/Maida: 2 Table Spoon
Salt

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 20 to 25 minutes

Method

Cut the chicken in small pieces.
Marinate the chicken with soya sauce, ginger paste and salt.  Keep it for 20 to 25 minutes.

Add corn flour and all purpose flour to the marinated chicken and mix well.

Pour oil to a pan and heat it well, reduce the flame and deep fry the marinated chicken till it becomes golden brown in color.

Grind onion and make it a fine paste
Pour 2 table spoon of oil to a pan
Add ginger strips and chopped green chilly to it and saute for 2 to 3 minutes
Then add onion paste and saute till the water is completely absorbed
Reduce the flame and add soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilly sauce, red chilly powder and salt
Stir well and add the fried chicken to it and reduce the flame
Mix 1 table spoon of corn flour in 1 cup of warm water and add it to the curry
Now add Lime juice.
Allow it to boil well switch off the flame when the desired consistency is achieved
Add chopped spring onion and garnish well and serve hot with fried rice or roti.

Note

Increase or decrease the quantity of green chilly as per your taste buds.
Before switching off the flame you can add 1/4 tea spoon of sugar which will help to balance the flavor of the dish
You can add ginger strips or chopped ginger.
If you need a thick coating for the chicken you can make a batter with more corn flour and all purpose flour adding required water and dip the chicken pieces in it and fry.  You can add an egg too.
If you need a dry ginger chicken without gravy you can skip the step of adding corn flour mixed in warm water. And after adding the fried chicken keep on low flame and stir till oil starts to leave.
Be careful while adding salt as soya sauce is slightly salty
You can try the same recipe with boned chicken too.

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