Spicy Hot Chicken Fry

Wifey was under the weather last week and she wanted to have something spicy, very spicy and "hot". Her level of "hot" is - you put 2 green chillies in her curry, after few nibbles she will jump around the house, sniffing and shedding tears, drinking a lot of water and gobbling down anything that tastes sweet or for that matter anything that even sounds sweet. 

Anyways, to cater to her request for spicing her mood up I came up with this recipe using a lot of peppers and chillies available on this earth in any form. And to my surprise she really enjoyed it a lot. There will be separate post though on her running around the house and sniffing and shedding tears and gobbling on sweets after she had this. 

Well here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• Chicken                          -  400 grams of breast piece
• Onion                             - 1 big, sliced length wise
• Ginger                            - 1.5 inch, thinly sliced, lengthwise
• Garlic cloves                 - 6 fat ones, thinly sliced, lengthwise
• Green chilli                   - 6-7, thinly sliced, lengthwise
• Curry leaves                  - 10-12
• Turmeric powder        - 1/3 tsp
• Red chilli powder       - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder      - 1 tsp
• Red chilli                      - 3-4
• Black pepper corns    - 10-12
• Salt                                - to taste
• Vegetable oil               - 2 Tbsp

To Marinte the chicken

• Ginger garlic paste     - 1 tsp
• Lime juice                    - 1 tsp
• Vegetable Oil               - 1 Tbsp
• Turmeric powder        - 1/3 tsp
• Salt                                - to taste
• Red chilli powder       - 1/2 tsp

Method:
1. Cut chicken into small pieces.
2. Marinate them with the ingredients mentioned for marination. Keep for an hour.
3. Heat oil in a pan. 
4. Add the chicken pieces and cook in medium heat. At this point chicken will release water. Drain the water and keep for later use. Fry the chicken till golden brown in color. 

5. Remove from pan and keep the chicken aside.

6. In the same oil(add more if needed), add red chilli and pepper corns. When red chilli turns brown in color add chopped garlic, ginger and curry leaves. Saute for a minute.
7. Add chopped onion and green chilli. Saute till onions are cooked and translucent.

8. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and saute till masala is cooked.

9. At this point add the friend chicken pieces. Mix well.

10. Add the water that we kept aside at step 4. Add another half cup warm water. Add salt. Mix well. Cover the pan with a lid and cook in low heat till gravy comes to a boil.
11. Remove the lid and cook in medium heat till gravy thickens and almost dries up.

12. Serve with rice or roti. Or serve as an appetizer.